Euphemisms Jonas’s Community uses euphemisms to harsh realities of their world appear to be less unpleasant. We do this in our society as well. In this mini-project, you will take a common euphemism used in our society and draw its literal meaning. You will then draw and explain what the metaphorical meaning of the euphemism is meant to communicate.

Euphemism The substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be unpleasant, embarrassing, or too harsh

Common Euphemisms  Instead of saying fat, we might say…  Instead of saying dead, we might say…  Instead of saying toilet, we might say…  Instead of saying old or old person, we might say…  Instead of saying someone was fired from his job, we might say…  Instead of saying someone has flatulence, we might say…  Instead of saying someone vomited, we might say…  Instead of saying hyperactive, we might say…

We might say…  He is portly.  She has gone to a better place. Croaked. Bite the dust. Is pushing up daisies.  I need to go powder my nose.  Senior citizen  He got canned. He was let go. He is discovering other opportunities.  She tooted. He broke wind.  He blew chunks.  He has ants in his pants.

“Go fly a kite!” The euphemism, “go fly a kite” is a nicer way of saying to someone to get out of here, leave, or scram.

REQUIREMENTS  Common Euphemism as Title  Neat, colorful picture of literal meaning  Neat, colorful picture of figurative meaning  Accurate explanation of figurative meaning  Explanation is written in a complete sentence, capitalized accurately, all words are spelled correctly, and the sentence is punctuated correctly.  3 points  3 points.  Total = 15 points