Literary Terms
Biased information used to promote a particular point of view, or political cause.
What is propaganda?
The allegory of Animal Farm.
What is the Russian Revolution?
The owner of the farm.
Who is Mr. Jones?
The animals who step forward after Old Major dies.
Who are Snowball and Napoleon?
The sheep's slogan in the last chapter.
What is "Four legs good, two legs better?"
A story or image with a hidden meaning.
Other historical events you can relate to Animal Farm.
What is...WWII...The Salem Witch Trials...The Red Scare....?
The creator of the idea of the windmill.
Who is Snowball?
The first battle, against Mr. Jones and his men.
What is The Battle of the Cowshed?
The only commandment left.
What is "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others?"
A short story, typically with animals for characters, conveying a moral.
What is a fable?
Karl Marx's allegorical character.
Who is Old Major?
The horse that left the farm early in the Rebellion.
Who is Mollie?
The number of times the animals had to re-build the windmill.
Propaganda techniques seen in the book.
What is...fear? Name-calling? Pinpointing the enemy? Fake news? Fake statistics? Selective information?
The use of symbols to represent an idea or quality.
What is symbolism?
Stalin's allegorical character.
Who is Napoleon?
The character(s) which represent the KGB.
Boxer's true fate.
He was sold for parts to a glue factory, in exchange for money for whiskey.
The allegory of Moses the Raven.
The use of humor, irony, ridicule, or exaggeration to criticize human actions/ideas/vices.
What is satire?
The allegorical representation of skeptical people who didn't say anything during the Russian Revolution.
Who is Benjamin?
The character who preached about Sugarcandy Mountain.
Moses.
The point of no return for the pigs.
What is... Power corrupts? Ignorance contributes to oppression? Equality is unattainable? History repeats itself? ....