Read the excerpt from "politics and the english language" by george orwell.

what is above all needed is to let the meaning choose the word, and not the other way about. in prose, the worst thing one can do with words is to surrender them. when you think of a concrete object, you think wordlessly, and then, if you want to describe the thing you have been visualizing, you probably hunt about till you find the exact words that seem to fit it. when you think of something abstract you are more inclined to use words from the start, and unless you make a conscious effort to prevent it, the existing dialect will come rushing in and do the job for you, at the expense of blurring or even changing your meaning.

george orwell’s purpose is to persuade readers to use simple language in political writing. how does he achieve this purpose in the excerpt?

a. he gives an example of finding words to describe concrete items and abstract ideas.
b. he gives an example of a writer who uses abstract words to describe a simple idea.
c. he provides a quotation that uses abstract words to describe an idea.
d. he provides a quotation that uses simple words to describe an idea.

A. He gives an example of finding words to describe concrete items and abstract ideas.

Explanation:

With the excerpt shown, he shows the reader that sometimes when talking about somethinh abstract it´s easier to start describing it from the begging, as many of the political issues are abstract and the ideas by those who adress the community are abstract as well a good search for words that won´t be miss-interpreted is highly recommended.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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