Orwell’s writing does a number of excellent things in “Politics and the English

Orwell’s writing does a number of excellent things in “Politics and the English Language.” We want to us this essay as one of many models for our research paper. The introduction of the essay, paragraphs 1 and 2 specifically, are doing a lot of work establishing both audience and topic. This first discussion board tasks you with unpacking how Orwell’s introduction works and then brainstorming your own potential paper topics.
First, you must analyze Orwell and you’ve already been primed to read with these questions in mind:
How does Orwell introduce – or construct? – his essay’s central topic?
Who is Orwell’s audience and how can you tell?
From here, you want to brainstorm topics for your future research:
What are you interested in researching?
Who would this conversation be directed towards?
Aim for at least 3 different topics. Like Orwell does in his intro, you want to describe the topics/issues you are interested in pursuing. Don’t worry if your ideas are vague right now – it’s your first substantive assignment.
When responding to 2 classmates of your choice, we want to practice contributing to plans. In your responses consider:
Which topic seems the most practical?
Which seems most exciting?
How could your classmate better narrow the scope of 1 topic?Young has drastically changed the tone of the course. Where we once enjoyed mean-girl Orwell shaking his fist at wicked politicians in the fight to improve the writing of the masses, now we sit with Young who makes his unwillingness to be cordial about the double standards in English part of his message. “Should Writers Use They Own English” simultaneously performs the critique it makes. It is one of the rare moments where writing does more than just make noise.
But this isn’t just a clapback tweet, it’s an argumentative essay that reviews a body of literature to unpack prejudiced assumptions. He targets Fish, but frequently branches out to comment on other thinkers. For this response, we want to practice identifying premises and unpacking how they are supported:
What are 3 issues Young identifies?
How does he illustrate these problems?
What solutions does he offer? How are these solutions supported?
Next you want to think about the breadth of those final paper topics you mentioned earlier to think what issues or topics you may address. Pick 1 topic (you decide how) and consider the following:
What subtopics would you have to address?
Are you trying to offer solutions, praise some nuance, or reinterpret an idea?
Are you disagreeing with an established pov? If so, whose?
When responding to two (2) different classmates who identified at least 1 different issue from you, we want to practice recognizing how others have brought new ideas to our attention. In your responses consider:
How does this issue help your understanding of Young’s argument?
Did you rethink your own analysis in any way? (Skip if no)

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