Cool animal farm cards ( ENGLISH ) Flashcards
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tyrant
a cruel oppressive leader
dictatorship
a ruler with full control over a country with no government
communism (animalism)
A fair society owned by the community and shared by everyone
comrade
A friend or teammate
propaganda
biased information or misleading nature used to propose a political cause or point of view
verb
an action word
adjective
a word used to describe a noun
pronoun
a word used used instead of a noun or noun phrase
symbolism
the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
adverb
a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb or an adverb or a word group of words a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree etc.
guess what
I’ll tell you later ;)
foreshadowing
hinting to a future event ;)
injustice
lack of fairness
allegory
a story with a hidden message
metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion ).
treachery
betrayal of trust
why did the chicken cross the road?
because he wanted scrambled eggs :)
rebellion
an act of armed resistance to an established government or leader.
revolution
a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system.
Totalitarianism
a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
Alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Personification
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Juxtaposition
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
Hyperbole
extravagant exaggeration
Onomatopoeia
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).
why didn’t the cat jump off a cliff?
because it isn’t stupid
Sibilance
a type of literary device and figure of speech wherein a hissing sound is created in a group of words through the repetition of ‘s’ sounds.
Fricative
denoting a type of consonant made by the friction of breath in a narrow opening, producing a turbulent air flow.
Oxymoron
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposing meanings, like “old news,” “deafening silence,” or “organized chaos.”
Statistic
a fact or piece of data obtained from a study of a large quantity of numerical data.
Opinion
a view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
Repetition
the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
Anaphora
the use of a word referring back to a word used earlier in a text or conversation, to avoid repetition, for example the pronouns he, she, it, and they and the verb do in I like it and so do they.
Triplet
a group or set of three similar things.
Polysyndeton
repetition of conjunctions in close succession
Emotive language
the term used when certain word choices are made to evoke an emotional response in the reader.
Imperative
the form of a verb that is usually used for giving orders:
Direct address
when you talk directly to the reader, using the pronouns ‘we’, ‘you’ or ‘us
fun fact:
not all fun facts are fun
cynical
believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.
how do trains eat?
they choo-choo
you wont believe this.
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cult of personality
a pejorative term for a group that idealizes a leader and subscribes to common political, social, religious, or philosophical beliefs.
who does Napoleon represent in the russian revolution?
Stalin
Who does Squealer represent in the Russian revolution?
Molotov
i told a bad chemistry joke once
I didn’t get much of a reaction :(
why do seagulls fly other the sea?
because if they flew over a bay they would be bagels