Definitions Flashcards
Allegory
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Anthropomorphism
The showing or treating of animals, gods, and objects as if they are 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 result has the opposite or a very different result.
Maxim
A short, memorable statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct.
Moral
A principle or belief concerning right and wrong behaviour.
Objective
Based on real facts and not influenced by personal beliefs or feelings.
Omniscient narrator
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 the 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.
Dictator
A ruler who has total power over everything and everyone-typically by force.
Communism
A system of social organisation in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes an receives according to their needs/abilities.
Comrade
A word used to address a fellow member of an organisation - typically linked to the armed forces - or to address people in communist countries.
