Animal Farm Techniques Flashcards
Allegory
A story,poem,or picture that can be interupted to reveal a hidden meaning,typically a moral or political one.
Anthropomorphism
The showing or treating animals,gods and objects as if they were human in appearance,character ,or behaviour.
Fairy tale
A story for children with fantastical elements
Dystopia
An imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice,typically one that is totalitarian.
Irony
A situation in which something which was intended to have a particular resulthas the the opposite or a very different result.
Maxim
A short ,memorable statement expressing a general truth or ule of conduct
Moral
belief concerning right and wrong behaviour.
Objective
based on real facts and not influenced by personal beliefs or feelings
Omniscient narrrator
third-person narrator who knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters.
Propaganda
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
Satire
a technique use to expose and criticise foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society, by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule.
Naive
Lack of experience
Cynical
Disbelieving and suspicious
Tyrannical
Brutal leader
Ineffectual
Hopeless
Totalitarian
Where the leader has complete control
Unify
Bring together
Preside
Rule over something
Narcissistic
Someone who thinks about themselves alot and admires themselves too much.
Confound
Confuse
Repress
To control what people do
Megalomanic
Power hungry
Manipulate
Control or influence
Prosperity
A state of wealth
Unanimous
In complete agreement
Apathy
Lack of intrest or concern
Collision
Secret agreement to deceive
Scapegoat
A person blamed for someone eles wrong
Dictator
A ruler who has total power over everything and everyone -typically by force
Communism
A system or social organisation in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and recieves acording to there needs.
Comrade
A word to address a fellow member of an oganisation-typically linked to the armed forces .
Preposition
word that tells you where or when something is in relation to something else e.g about,againts,before,behind
Conjuction
Speech that connects words,phrases e.g but,whereas,after ,and
Verb
That shows an acton e.g drinks,fight
Abstract noun
Things that dont have a physical form e.g love,friendship ,power
Adverb
A word that describes a verb e.g The horse runs FAST.
