Assignment Guidelines
Part A:
In this assignment you will evaluate the use of language: In a presentation a speaker should avoid the use of sexist language. Consider the sexist words and phrases listed below and think of as many replacement words as you can for each word:
Bachelor’s Degree
Bogeyman
Brotherhood
Businessman
Chairman
Forefather
Layman
Mailman
Manmade
Repairman
Salesman
Female Doctor
Part B:
It is also important for speakers to remember that it’s rarely helpful to use a long word when a short word will do and that clichés should be avoided in speeches.
Look at these common clichés, reworded using language that obstructs rather than clarifies, and see if you can figure out which clichés have been rewritten.
A piece of pre-decimal currency conserved is coinage grossed.
The timely avian often acquires the extended soft-bodied invertebrate.
A utensil often used for writing is more prodigious than a certain long-edged weapon.
Let slumbering members of the canine variety remain in slumber
An animal of the avian variety resting on one’s palm is more valuable than double that amount in one’s appendage most often used for tactile feedback.
Submit the following: Include Name, date, assignment titles
Response to Part A, and response to Part B.
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