Animal Farm Terms

Question 1

Exploitation

Answer 1

Treating someone unfairly and using them for your benefit

Question 2

Anthropomorphism

Answer 2

Making something seem as if it has human characteristics

Question 3

Commandments

Answer 3

Rules to live by

Question 4

Animal stereotypes

Answer 4

Expected qualities of particular animals

Question 5

Satire

Answer 5

Use of irony, ridicule or humour to expose and criticise people’s stupidity especially in politics.

Question 6

Hierarchy

Answer 6

A system or ranking of things, one above the other

Question 7

Utopia

Answer 7

An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect

Question 8

Comrade

Answer 8

A colleague of a fellow member of an organisation

Question 9

Propaganda

Answer 9

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause

Question 10

Dictatorship

Answer 10

A country or government in which it is controlled by a dictator

Question 11

Tyranny

Answer 11

Cruel and harsh government or rule

Question 12

Allegory

Answer 12

A narrative with a symbolic meaning

Question 13

Rhetorical

Answer 13

The use of language and figures of speech to effectively convey information

Question 14

Representative democracy

Answer 14

A government in which the people choose and elect their leaders

Question 15

Dystopia

Answer 15

A society characterised by being unpleasant or bad typically totalitarianism

Question 16

Cynicism

Answer 16

Lack of hope