Washington, a spymaster with a sharp eye for details, gave exact instructions on how an agent should use invisible ink: "[h]e should occasionally write his information on the blank leaves of a pamphlet . . a common pocket book, or on the blank leaves at each end of registers, almanacs, or any new publication or book of small value." he also told his agents that a "much better way" is to write a letter "with some mixture of family matters" and the secret message, which would be invisible, "between the lines and on the remaining part of the sheet." what is the author's main purpose in the excerpt? to inform readers about george washington's stealth and creativity to persuade readers that spying during wartime is heroic to teach readers about the dangers of being a spy to compare various methods of writing secret messages

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.” which statement is correct? orwell uses an example and statistical evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses an example and a quotation for evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and factual evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and statistical evidence in this excerpt.