Question 3 • $2526: sem 2: 1001410: English 4 HONORS: NEW
Read the excerpt from "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell.By this morning’s post I have received a pamphlet dealing with conditions in Germany. The author tells me that he "felt impelled” to write it. I open it at random, and here is almost the first sentence that I see: "[The Allies] have an opportunity not only of achieving a radical transformation of Germany’s social and political structure in such a way as to avoid a nationalistic reaction in Germany itself, but at the same time of laying the foundations of a cooperative and unified Europe.”
Answer
A
Orwell uses an example and statistical evidence in this excerpt.
B
Orwell uses an example and a quotation for evidence in this excerpt.
C
Orwell uses hypothetical and factual evidence in this excerpt.
D
Orwell uses hypothetical and statistical evidence in this excerpt.
Explanation
Orwell gives a specific example of the kind of writing he is criticizing: a sentence from the pamphlet. He presents the pamphlet’s wording in quotation marks, so the excerpt uses both an example and a quotation as evidence. It does not include statistical evidence or describe a hypothetical situation.
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