"What role does language and language diversity play in the critical thinking process?"
When one is thinking critically, or trying to extract meaning from a passage of literature (or any other work), often by analyzing syntax (sentence structure), word order, diction (word choice), and other writing devices, what part does language and the breadth of language used play in finding and understanding the hidden meaning?
Here you may want to talk about word choice, symbols, metaphors, things like that. For diction, you can talk about why an author chose one word over another. Why did the author choose "screeched," instead of "yelled," or "said?" Talk about the different connotations (shades of meaning) that words have. Why does an author choose to symbolize purity with a lily instead of with the color white? In this example, perhaps it is because the lily is the symbol of the Virgin Mary in the Christian faith, and therefore using that symbol gives a religious connotation to......
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