English revision Flashcards
Learn all key terms to Animal farm
Comrade
A colleague, fellow member of an organization, fellow soldier, fellow socialist or communist.
Treachery
Betrayal of trust.
Corrupt
Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.
Totalitarianism
A system of government that is centralized, dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
Allegory
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Tyranny
cruel and oppressive government or ruler.
Communism (Animalism)
A theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.
Dictatorship
A ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force.
Pronoun
Takes the place of a noun. in a sentence.
Verb
word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen
Adjective
A word that describes or defines a noun or noun phrase.
Adverb
Words that modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, or sentences, providing additional information about how, when, where, to what extent, or why something happens.
Metaphor
A figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.
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 using like or as.
Pronouns
It takes the place of a noun in a sentence.
