Read the excerpt from "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell. How does Orwell use evidence to support the underlined claim?

O He provides statistics showing the number of times a silly word is used
O He quotes an expert who gives suggestions on eliminating useless language
O He poses a hypothetical situation in which simple language is used
O He gives an example of two phrases that lost popularity with writers

In the six-step process of preparing a speech, what should you do after you gather the information you need ? a) practice your speech b) limit your subject c) determine the purpose for your speech d) outline your speech

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

Read the sentence from last lecture by randy pausch. all right, so what we’re not talking about today, we are not talking about cancer, because i spent a lot of time talking about that and i’m really not interested. pausch tells his audience this because he wants them to know that