George Orwell Rhetorical Analysis

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Orwell’s essay talks about something that most people do not think about very much. I mean when you are speaking to someone or writing an essay you are not thinking about the proper language to use you are mostly just saying things the way you hear others say it everyday. In some ways I would have to agree with Orwell though because we use so much slang today sometimes it can be just plain confusing especially if the person is using it wrong. I am going to admit I have caught myself writing a paper and starting to use slang but catch myself before I finish typing it and I also probably break at least a few of his rules each time I write a paper. I did not care for this essay as much as the others only because some of the things did not make

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