1. George Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language”
Outlines Claim (para. 1-2)
Provides Examples (3-4)
Explains Faults (5-8)
Apply Faults to Examples (9-12)
Apply to Modern Politics (13-16)
Offer Solution (17-20)
George Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language”
I. Outlines Claim
George Orwell argues against the “belief that language is a natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes.” Do you agree or disagree?
What is Orwell’s thesis?
II. Provides Examples
III. Explains Faults
A) What is the purpose of the additional information provided in Orwell’s footnotes for paragraphs seven and eight?
IV. Apply Faults to Examples
A) Why does Orwell object to “ready-made phrases” and “mixed metaphors”? (para. 12)
V. Apply to Modern Politics
What does Orwell mean when he asserts, “But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought? (para. 16)
Orwell uses at least one metaphor or simile. Identify and discuss its effectiveness.
Identify a concession and/or counterargument
VI. Offer Solution
Miscellaneous:
A) TONE B) Find four faults that Orwell is guilty of committing.

2. Clinton’s Remarks Attacks Trump Builds Credibility
Open
What type of persona does she build here?
Outline Situation
- How does she characterize the situation?
Outline Plan to Address Situation
Plan based in logic? How does her organization support this?
How does she attack Trump?
States What Must be Done in the Attacks Against Isis
How does she use euphemism here?
Again, how does she make it sound logical?
How does she draw in her audience?
Concession?
How We Must Build Alliances
Allusion to MLK?
Analogy?
Engender bipartisan relations?
TANGENT  Refugees
Create sympathy for refugees?
Say it’s unAmerican?
We Must Embrace Those That Desire What We Also Desire
Why does she quote the police and FBI?
Mentions Senator John McCain
American Exceptionalism
To what does she compare ISIS ?
Ethos in this section?
Attacks Trump
Builds Credibility
Which Aristotelian Appeals Does She Use?
Orwell’s Bad Habits?
Characterization of Russia?