In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.Which statement correctly identifies the way evidence is used to support the underlined claim? Orwell lists statistics to support the underlined claim. Orwell quotes an article with examples of cloudy language. Orwell provides a hypothetical situation with someone using unclear language. Orwell lists facts to prove that most newspapers use puzzling language.
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In the essay "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell, the following statement correctly identifies the way evidence is used to support the underlined claim :
Orwell provides a hypothetical situation with someone using unclear language.
Here, George Orwell's main purpose is to convince people to use simple and clear language in political writing.
The answer can be found in the following lines :
'Consider for instance some comfortable English professor defending Russian totalitarianism. He cannot say outright, "I believe in killing off your opponents when you can get good results by doing so.” Probably, therefore, he will say something like this : While freely conceding that the Soviet regime exhibits certain features which the humanitarian may be inclined to deplore, we must, I think, agree that a certain curtailment of the right to political opposition is an unavoidable concomitant of transitional periods, and that the rigors which the Russian people have been called upon to undergo have been amply justified in the sphere of concrete achievement.'
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the answer is
Orwell provides a hypothetical situation with someone using unclear language.
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