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This 4 page paper explores some of the uses of language, and its relationship to critical thinking. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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of life using five metaphors; then it discusses the role language and language diversity play in critical thinking; how language limits and/or empowers our expression of our thoughts; and the
role of critical thinking in persuasion. Metaphor A metaphor is a linguistic construction in which something stands for something else, but without the use of a connective word like "seems";
when the connector is used, the construction is a simile (Barnett, 1971). "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" is a simile (Barnett, 1971, p. 124). The metaphor Barnett
gives as an example is Spenser: "She is the rose, the glory of the day" (Barnett, 1971, p. 124). Obviously the woman is not really a flower, but we are
meant to understand that she is as beautiful as a rose. As for metaphors describing an aspect of life, the field is wide open. Lets take writing: writing is
torture; writing is the price writers pay for obsession; writing is a magic carpet to far away places; writing is too many late nights; writing is loneliness. Diversity in
Language and the Critical Thinking Process In order to discuss this its probably most useful to define "critical thinking." One source says that a critical thinker can distinguish "between verifiable
facts and value claims"; that he can "determine the reliability of a source,"; determine whether or not a statement is factual; distinguish "relevant from irrelevant information"; detect bias; identify "unstated
assumptions"; identify "unstated assumptions"; identify "ambiguous or equivocal claims or Arguments"; recognize logical fallacies or inconsistencies in lines of reasoning; distinguish between "warranted and unwarranted claims"; and determine an arguments
strength (Elander et al, 2006, p. 76). Its also true that a critical thinker has to have some knowledge of the subject hes considering or he cannot evaluate it (Elander
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