Cool animal farm cards ( ENGLISH ) Flashcards

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tyrant

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a cruel oppressive leader

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dictatorship

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a ruler with full control over a country with no government

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communism (animalism)

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A fair society owned by the community and shared by everyone

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comrade

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A friend or teammate

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propaganda

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biased information or misleading nature used to propose a political cause or point of view

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verb

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an action word

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adjective

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a word used to describe a noun

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pronoun

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a word used used instead of a noun or noun phrase

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symbolism

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the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

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adverb

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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.

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guess what

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I’ll tell you later :)

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foreshadowing

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hinting to a future event ;)

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injustice

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lack of fairness

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allegory

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a story with a hidden message

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metaphor

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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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simile

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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 ).

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treachery

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betrayal of trust

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18
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why did the chicken cross the road?

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because he wanted scrambled eggs :)

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rebellion

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an act of armed resistance to an established government or leader.

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revolution

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a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system.

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Totalitarianism

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a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

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Alliteration

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Personification

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the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

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Juxtaposition

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the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

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Hyperbole

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extravagant exaggeration

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Onomatopoeia

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the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).

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why didn’t the cat jump off a cliff?

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because it isn’t stupid

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Sibilance

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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.

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Fricative

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denoting a type of consonant made by the friction of breath in a narrow opening, producing a turbulent air flow.

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Oxymoron

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An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposing meanings, like “old news,” “deafening silence,” or “organized chaos.”

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Statistic

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a fact or piece of data obtained from a study of a large quantity of numerical data.

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Opinion

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a view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

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Repetition

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the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.

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Anaphora

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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.

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Triplet

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a group or set of three similar things.

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Polysyndeton

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repetition of conjunctions in close succession

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Emotive language

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the term used when certain word choices are made to evoke an emotional response in the reader.

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Imperative

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the form of a verb that is usually used for giving orders:

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Direct address

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when you talk directly to the reader, using the pronouns ‘we’, ‘you’ or ‘us

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fun fact:

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not all fun facts are fun

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cynical

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believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.

42
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how do trains eat?

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they choo-choo

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you wont believe this.

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