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Write two to four sentences in which you identify
Orwell's purpose for writing and describe how he
achieves that purpose. Include one or more examples
from the text to support your ideas.
I think the following rules will cover most cases:
(i) Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of
speech which you are used to seeing in print.
(ii) Never use a long word where a short one will
do
(iii) If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it
out.
(iv) Never use the passive where you can use the
active
(v) Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word
or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday
English equivalent.
(vi) Break any of these rules sooner than say
anything barbarous.

Which activity is part of the prewriting process? aproofreading to correct grammatical errorsb. doing research for information about a topicc.rechecking the facts presented about a topicd.writing the first draft of the essay

Read these excerpts. lincoln's "gettysburg address." it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. whitman's "o captain! my captain! ". exult, o shores, and ring, o bells! but i, with mournful tread, walk the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead. which rhetorical appeal do both excerpts use? logos: the use of logic to convince the audience pathos: the use of emotional appeals to affect the audience’s feelings brevity: writing or speaking that is short, brief, and to the point ethos: the use of authority to persuade the audience to act the right way

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile