This term is defined as a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. Often animals can be used as characters.
What is an allegory?
What does the adjective clause in this sentence modify?
It had come to be accepted that the pigs, who were manifestly cleverer than the other animals, should decide all questions of farm policy, though their decisions had to be ratified by a majority vote.
What are the pigs?
The character of Snowball was modeled after these two figures in Russian History.
Who are Lenin and Trotsky?
In this type of writing, the writer attacks a serious issue by presenting it in a ridiculous light or otherwise poking fun at it.
What is a satire?
The pigs expound a philosophical system the animals should live by. What is it called?
What is Animalism