Types of Sentences
This type of sentence has the effect of conveying a casual or conversational style or a sense of fragmentation:
"IT was a brain. A disembodied brain. An oversized brain, just enough larger than normal to be completely revolting and terrifying. A living brain. A brain that pulsed and quivered, that seized and commanded. No wonder the brain was called IT.”
What is a sentence fragment?
This "motherly" character may sense hypocrisy, but without the language to express it has no choice but to go along with the pigs.
Who is Clover?
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor
What is din?
He should have stuck to his own __________: march separately and fight together.
What is maxim?
This type of sentence comes from a Greek word meaning “unconnected.” It is a stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between phrases or clauses:
"Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure?"
What is asyndeton?
Unlike anyone else, this character remembers the past and thinks about the future, so he doesn't bother getting worked up over what he sees as passing phases or fads.
Who is Benjamin?
mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous
What is cryptic?
Silence and __________ are key ingredients to a tasty helping of bigotry.
What is apathy?
This sentence structure is a stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect:
“Let the whitefolks have their money and power and segregation and sarcasm and big houses and schools and lawns like carpets, and books, and mostly–mostly–let them have their whiteness.”
What is polysyndeton?
After leaving the farm with the Joneses, this character reappears and his presence is tolerated by the pigs.
Who is Moses the Raven?
When someone shows kindness or mercy, especially when the recipient has done nothing to earn such generosity
What is benevolence?
He __________ himself in the closet in order to eavesdrop.
What is ensconced?
This character is described as "a tough, shrewd man, perpetually involved in lawsuits and with a name for driving hard bargains." He is also a reference to Hitler.
Who is Mr. Frederick?
to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame
What is to malign?
The exuberant, __________ Democrat from Oregon and the dour, taciturn Republican from New Hampshire made an odd couple.
What is indefatigable?
This character is described as "a sly-looking man with side whiskers, a solicitor [lawyer] in a very small way of business, but sharp enough to have realized earlier than anyone else that Animal Farm would need a broker and that the commissions would be worth having."
Who is Mr. Whymper?
This derivation of one of your words is an adjective meaning discreditable, humiliating, or contemptible.
What is ignominious?
(A derivative of ignominy)
Our teacher said we needed to purchase the writing manual because it was the ___________ authority for research.
What is preeminent?