The correct answer is B.Orwell’s purpose is to persuade readers to use simple language in political writing. He achieves this by discouraging the use of worn-out words and phrases.
Explanation:
In writing, the purpose of a text refers to the goal the author aims to achieve with a text in reference to the audience, common purposes include to narrate, entertain, explain or persuade. Additionally, each of the purposes is linked to a set of techniques or type of language that help the author to achieve its purpose. The excerpt from the text "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell, explains to the reader or the audience the problem is not the grammar or syntax or even the use of certain colloquial words, but the issue in political writing is the use of certain archaism or worn-out words that create a fake simplicity. This means the author wants to show to the audience using complex language and especially worn-out words is not recommended in political writing. Thus, the previous ideas imply the author's purpose is to "persuade readers to use simple language in political writing. He achieves this by discouraging the use of worn-out words and phrases".
<span>The correct answer is B. Orwell’s purpose is to persuade readers to use simple language in political writing. He achieves this by discouraging the use of worn-out words and phrases. Orwell believed that political writing that was difficult to understand was actually dangerous. In order for all people to understand what is going on in the world, political writing should be as clear and simple as possible. To this end, Orwell discourages the use of worn-out (or archaic) words and phrases.</span>
