Week 22 Flashcards
Animal Farm Ch. 1
Part of Speech: Noun; Definition: a small room used for washing dishes or doing kitchen work; Original Sentence: “He drew himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the ~~~, and made his way up to bed…”; Example Sentence: “We keep our cleaning supplies in the ~~~ so the kitchen stays neat.”
scullery
Part of Speech: Verb; Definition: thought of or considered in a certain way; Original Sentence: “…was so highly ~~~ on the farm that everyone was quite ready to lose an hour’s sleep…”; Example Sentence: “He was ~~~ as the best player on the soccer team.”
regarded
Part of Speech: Verb (past tense of “tread”); Definition: to walk on or along; Original Sentence: “Tyrant Man shall be o’erthrown, And the fruitful fields of England Shall be ~~~ by beasts alone.”; Example Sentence: “We ~~~ carefully through the muddy path after the rain.”
trod
Part of Speech: Noun; Definition: cruel and unfair control over others; Original Sentence: “…that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the ~~~ of human beings?”; Example Sentence: “The people rebelled against the ~~~ of the unjust ruler.”
tyranny
Part of Speech: Noun; Definition: a firm decision or determination to do or not do something; Original Sentence: “And remember, comrades, your ~~~ must never falter.”; Example Sentence: “Her ~~~ to study every day helped her improve her grades.”
resolution
A work that conveys a hidden meaning—usually moral, spiritual, or political—through the use of symbolic characters and events. The story of “The Tortoise and The Hare” is a well-known ~~~ with a moral that a slow and steady approach (symbolized by the Tortoise) is better than a hasty and overconfident approach (symbolized by the Hare).
Some additional key details about ~~~:
Some ~~~ have morals that are easy to discern, such as the example of “The Tortoise and The Hare,” but others can be so subtle that it becomes unclear whether the author intended for the story to have a double meaning (or be an ~~~) at all.
Not all writing that uses symbolism qualifies as ~~~. ~~~s are characterized by a use of symbolism that permeates the entire story, to the extent that essentially all major characters and their actions can be understood as having symbolic significance.
An ~~~ can be long and extend over an entire book or even a series of books, or it can be short or a part of a longer work (such as the ~~~ of the Cave in Book 7 of Plato’s Republic).
A good example of ~~~ is George Orwell’s Animal Farm, which corresponds pretty closely to the events of the Russian revolution.
~~~ vs. Parable
People often confuse ~~~s with parables—another, similar type of story that makes heavy use of symbolism to convey meaning. But in fact, the two terms mean quite different things. Here are some of the key differences between ~~~ and parable:
• Morality: Parables are didactic, meaning that they are intended to teach the listener something. Therefore, parables always have a moral or a lesson. For instance, religious figures like Jesus and Buddha constantly used parables to impart their beliefs to others. ~~~s, by contrast, do not always have a moral: they may simply be concerned with retelling a historical event from a certain perspective, or with conveying a complex idea about the world without turning it into a lesson. • Length: Parables are always short, whereas an ~~~ can be as long as an entire book or film. • Subtlety: Since the purpose of parables is to teach a moral lesson, the symbolic meaning of a parable is almost always immediately clear. Like parables, ~~~s can use very blunt symbolism—but unlike parables, some ~~~s can be so subtle that readers don't always even pick up on the symbolic meaning of the text.
(Definition retrieved and lightly modified from litcharts.com)
allegory
scullery
Part of Speech: Noun; Definition: a small room used for washing dishes or doing kitchen work; Original Sentence: “He drew himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the ~~~, and made his way up to bed…”; Example Sentence: “We keep our cleaning supplies in the ~~~ so the kitchen stays neat.”
regarded
Part of Speech: Verb; Definition: thought of or considered in a certain way; Original Sentence: “…was so highly ~~~ on the farm that everyone was quite ready to lose an hour’s sleep…”; Example Sentence: “He was ~~~ as the best player on the soccer team.”
trod
Part of Speech: Verb (past tense of “tread”); Definition: to walk on or along; Original Sentence: “Tyrant Man shall be o’erthrown, And the fruitful fields of England Shall be ~~~ by beasts alone.”; Example Sentence: “We ~~~ carefully through the muddy path after the rain.”
tyranny
Part of Speech: Noun; Definition: cruel and unfair control over others; Original Sentence: “…that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the ~~~ of human beings?”; Example Sentence: “The people rebelled against the ~~~ of the unjust ruler.”
resolution
Part of Speech: Noun; Definition: a firm decision or determination to do or not do something; Original Sentence: “And remember, comrades, your ~~~ must never falter.”; Example Sentence: “Her ~~~ to study every day helped her improve her grades.”
allegory
A work that conveys a hidden meaning—usually moral, spiritual, or political—through the use of symbolic characters and events. The story of “The Tortoise and The Hare” is a well-known ~~~ with a moral that a slow and steady approach (symbolized by the Tortoise) is better than a hasty and overconfident approach (symbolized by the Hare).
Some additional key details about ~~~:
Some ~~~ have morals that are easy to discern, such as the example of “The Tortoise and The Hare,” but others can be so subtle that it becomes unclear whether the author intended for the story to have a double meaning (or be an ~~~) at all.
Not all writing that uses symbolism qualifies as ~~~. ~~~s are characterized by a use of symbolism that permeates the entire story, to the extent that essentially all major characters and their actions can be understood as having symbolic significance.
An ~~~ can be long and extend over an entire book or even a series of books, or it can be short or a part of a longer work (such as the ~~~ of the Cave in Book 7 of Plato’s Republic).
A good example of ~~~ is George Orwell’s Animal Farm, which corresponds pretty closely to the events of the Russian revolution.
~~~ vs. Parable
People often confuse ~~~s with parables—another, similar type of story that makes heavy use of symbolism to convey meaning. But in fact, the two terms mean quite different things. Here are some of the key differences between ~~~ and parable:
• Morality: Parables are didactic, meaning that they are intended to teach the listener something. Therefore, parables always have a moral or a lesson. For instance, religious figures like Jesus and Buddha constantly used parables to impart their beliefs to others. ~~~s, by contrast, do not always have a moral: they may simply be concerned with retelling a historical event from a certain perspective, or with conveying a complex idea about the world without turning it into a lesson. • Length: Parables are always short, whereas an ~~~ can be as long as an entire book or film. • Subtlety: Since the purpose of parables is to teach a moral lesson, the symbolic meaning of a parable is almost always immediately clear. Like parables, ~~~s can use very blunt symbolism—but unlike parables, some ~~~s can be so subtle that readers don't always even pick up on the symbolic meaning of the text.
(Definition retrieved and lightly modified from litcharts.com)
