loose sentence: a sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) comes first, followed by dependent grammatical units such as phrases and clauses
"He was the commander of a vast shadowy army, an underground network of conspirators dedicated to the overthrow of the State."
-1984
by George Orwell
Orwell uses this type of sentence to emphasize and clarify. Orwell is clarifying who Goldstein is and emphasizing what his role in the revolution is. He wants the reader to know who, and what. The best way to do this in this situation, for purposes of flow and ease of reading, is in a loose sentence. Orwell wants people to read and reform, they will not read and therefore not reform if the book is choppy and not well-written.
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