Comment On the Tone, Language, and Imagery Used In Parris’ Parliamentary Sketch Matthew Parris Suggests In His Times Article, That the Department of Education and Employment, and By Extension, the Whole of the Government, Uses Obscure “Pretty&

... Comment on the tone, language, and imagery used in Parris' parliamentary sketch Matthew Parris suggests in his Times article, that the Department of Education and Employment, and by extension, the whole of the government, uses obscure "pretty" language to confuse and impress the public, and to disguise the fact that the ideas they put forward are lacking ingenuity. It looks at 'Education Questions' as its focus. The first phrase is a key one. "A grey minister with a grey voice...". This is what Parris believes Education Questions is in truth - dull. Grey is a dull colour. The phrase sets up the rest of the article, the politicians hiding this dullness with buzzwords and "pretty words". The languages used to describe previous education MPs supplies powerful imagery. They are all ways to describe great injury. Three of them provide imagery of vampirism. "They sucked the daylights from Mark Carlisle", "...bloodied Kenneth Clarke", "They

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