A literary work that ridicules its subject through the use of techniques such as exaggeration, reversal, incongruity, and/or humor in order to make a comment or criticism about it
What is Satire?
Making an appeal to reason, logic, and fact
What is Logos?
What individual from the Russian Revolution is Napoleon a representation of?
Who is Joseph Stalin?
The three parts of a persuasive introduction
Hook, Background Information, Thesis
A story in which each character, action, and plot point represents something else
What is an Allegory?
Making an appeal to emotions, trying to make the audience feel a certain way
What is Pathos?
What does Sugar Candy Mountain represent?
What is Heaven?
The topic sentence of a body paragraph that relates to the central argument
What is an Assertion?
A short story that illustrates a moral lesson
What is a Fable?
When Old Major says, “I have had a long life, I have had much time for thought as I lay alone in my stall…”. He is using what?
What is Ethos?
Why don’t the animals protest the changes and stand up to Napoleon?
They are scared and uneducated
In a body paragraph, this is the writer's opportunity to give their interpretation and analysis
What is Commentary?
Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree is an allegory for what?
What is Self-Sacrificing Relationships?
What is Ethos?
What is the single new commandment the pigs come up with?
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
Weak or Strong Thesis:
""By analyzing the behaviors of gamers, comparing similarities and differences between traditional and electronic sports, and exploring the revenues of the industry, one can certainly consider esports to be a sport."
Strong
What are the characteristics of a Fable?
Symbolism
Personification
Lessons
Humor
What is Logos?
Name two ways Napoleon has erased all evidence of the revolution.
Possible Answers:
- He changed the name back to Manor Farm
- No longer uses "comrades"
- No more marches and the flag was changed
What do you NEVER start a persuasive essay with?
A question