Animal Farm Techniques Flashcards

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Allegory

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

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Anthropomorphism

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The showing or treating animals,gods and objects as if they were 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 resulthas the 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 ule of conduct

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Moral

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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 narrrator

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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 use to expose and criticise foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society, by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule.

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Naive

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Lack of experience

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Cynical

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Disbelieving and suspicious

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Tyrannical

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Brutal leader

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Ineffectual

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Hopeless

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Totalitarian

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Where the leader has complete control

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Unify

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Bring together

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Preside

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Rule over something

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Narcissistic

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Someone who thinks about themselves alot and admires themselves too much.

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Confound

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Confuse

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Repress

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To control what people do

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Megalomanic

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Power hungry

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Manipulate

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Control or influence

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Prosperity

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A state of wealth

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Unanimous

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In complete agreement

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Apathy

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Lack of intrest or concern

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Collision

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Secret agreement to deceive

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Scapegoat

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A person blamed for someone eles wrong

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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 or social organisation in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and recieves acording to there needs.

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Comrade

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A word to address a fellow member of an oganisation-typically linked to the armed forces .

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Preposition

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word that tells you where or when something is in relation to something else e.g about,againts,before,behind

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Conjuction

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Speech that connects words,phrases e.g but,whereas,after ,and

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Verb

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That shows an acton e.g drinks,fight

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Abstract noun

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Things that dont have a physical form e.g love,friendship ,power

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Adverb

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A word that describes a verb e.g The horse runs FAST.