Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning?That novel you gave me to reada. put me to sleep.b. was dull.c. wasn't as interesting as most things I've read lately.d. was tedious work to trudge through.
What will be an ideal response?
These are easy to answer; the point is to consider how many positive and negative ways there are to say essentially the same thing, and then to learn to control the emotive meaning of one's own remarks. Besides, these can be fun.
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