Which item in the following set of claims has the most negative emotive meaning?a. The Raiders gave the ball game away.b. All the breaks went against the Raiders.c. The Raiders couldn't buy a piece of good luck.d. The Raiders were having a bad day.
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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