Animal Farm Flashcards

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Allegory

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A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

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Anthropomorphism

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The showing or treating of animals, gods, and objects as if they are human in appearance, character, or behaviour.

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Fairy tale

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A story for children with fantastical elements

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Dystopia

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An imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice,
typically one that is totalitarian.

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Irony

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A situation in which something which was intended to have a particular result has
the opposite or a very different result

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Maxim

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A short, memorable statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct.

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Moral

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A principle or belief concerning right and wrong behaviour.

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Objective

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Based on real facts and not influenced by personal beliefs or feelings.

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Omniscient narrator

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Third-person narrator who knows all the thoughts, actions, and
feelings of all characters.

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Propaganda

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Ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread
in order to help a cause, a political leader or a government.

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Satire

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A technique used to expose and criticise foolishness and corruption of an individual
or a society, by using humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule.

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Dictator

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A ruler who has total power over everything and everyone – typically by force.

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Communism

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A system of social organisation in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their needs/abilities.

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Comrade

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A fellow member of an organisation – typically linked to the armed forces.

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