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Rain By George Orwell Use Of Language

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In any written text, a writer’s discerning selection of word choice, vocabulary, punctuation and imaginative techniques sets some common grounds for the reader to base his understanding upon. A writer’s linguistic techniques impart a significant measure of the text’s content, as it helps him establish the atmosphere, setting and tone. Furthermore, a writer’s linguistic choices reveal much about his identity and background, which helps the reader perceive the gist of the text. Meanwhile, a picture is worth a thousand words. A visual text can also successfully engage the viewer into the ambience of the text. In Text A, George Orwell employs language as a useful mechanism for communication. George Orwell uses a lot of descriptive language, which adds to the substance of the text and gives a more detailed account on the events of the story. For instance, this is displayed when the writer says, “In January there came a bitterly hard weather”. (Line 1) In addition, the writer also makes extensive use of similes, which makes the text a more compelling one and allows the writer to seize the attention of the reader. As a case in point, Orwell states, “The earth …show more content…

In image 1, it is obvious through the figures used that one of the men is deceiving the other one and making him believe that he wants to help him in order to gain his trust, while he is in fact planning to hit him. This is displayed through the object (the hammer) that the man is holding. In the second image, the large man is sitting on the rest of the young boys. Through this depiction, we can deduce that the creator of this image is trying to deliver the concept of dictatorship, as the man is imposing his rules, exercising and exploiting his power over the rest of the men. This is delivered in both images through the different figures and appropriate colors used in the

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