In his essay, Orwell strives to get the audience to understand that they need to say what they mean get to the point in their writing. He makes his position clear when arguing “that the decline of a language must ultimately have a political and economic causes” (Orwell 1). f
2. He hopes his message resonates with people who write and read about politics, because he urges them to form their own opinions and pay more attention to what they write.
3. Orwell maintains a contradictory tone throughout his essay. This becomes especially apparent when he discusses poor writers’ tendency to favor the passive voice, “in preference to the active and noun constructions are used instead of gerunds” (Orwell 3). The contradiction occurs when Orwell criticizes writers for using the passive voice but then uses it himself. In using a contradictory tone, the writers can more easily see their own faults. Telling someone they made a mistake does …show more content…
While discussing his opinion on pretentious diction, he shares his belief that fancy words “are used to dress up a simple statement and give it an air of scientific impartiality to biased judgments” (Orwell 4). The use of scholarly diction especially in the phrase,“air of scientific impartiality to biased judgments” makes the reader believe Orwell is very intelligent, but it has a pompous connotation, almost as if to taunt the reader with some of the many intellectual words he knows. Although, the meaning of the sentence gets lost in the final phrase because his word choice makes it difficult to understand. He demonstrates for his audience that their use of elaborate language can make their message unclear. Someone using academic diction appears more persuasive so the reader will blindly believe them, without questioning their message, therefore political writers frequently use it. Although this holds true, he still pushes writers to avoid abstract words and get down to the point because it may result in a clearer message for the
2. He hopes his message resonates with people who write and read about politics, because he urges them to form their own opinions and pay more attention to what they write.
3. Orwell maintains a contradictory tone throughout his essay. This becomes especially apparent when he discusses poor writers’ tendency to favor the passive voice, “in preference to the active and noun constructions are used instead of gerunds” (Orwell 3). The contradiction occurs when Orwell criticizes writers for using the passive voice but then uses it himself. In using a contradictory tone, the writers can more easily see their own faults. Telling someone they made a mistake does …show more content…
While discussing his opinion on pretentious diction, he shares his belief that fancy words “are used to dress up a simple statement and give it an air of scientific impartiality to biased judgments” (Orwell 4). The use of scholarly diction especially in the phrase,“air of scientific impartiality to biased judgments” makes the reader believe Orwell is very intelligent, but it has a pompous connotation, almost as if to taunt the reader with some of the many intellectual words he knows. Although, the meaning of the sentence gets lost in the final phrase because his word choice makes it difficult to understand. He demonstrates for his audience that their use of elaborate language can make their message unclear. Someone using academic diction appears more persuasive so the reader will blindly believe them, without questioning their message, therefore political writers frequently use it. Although this holds true, he still pushes writers to avoid abstract words and get down to the point because it may result in a clearer message for the