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Vocab 1
Literary Terms
Vocab 2
Russian Rev
Pigs Rule!
100
To end; ban; cancel
What is to abolish?
100
A person, place, object or activity that stands for something beyond itself.
What is a symbol?
100
A dictatorship enforced by power and terror
What is tyranny?
100
Widespread famine, involvement in World War I, ill health of his son, bad advisors
What are some of the reasons that Czar Nicholas II was such an ineffective leader?
100
Old Major
Who is the pig with the big ideas? An allegory for Lenin.
200
Making great noise
What is uproarious?
200
A short story that often features animals which are given human characteristics. The story illustrates a moral lesson
What is a fable?
200
To move with a sudden unsteady motion
What is to lurch?
200
Weak leader who loses his job.
Who is Czar Nicholas II?
200
Snowball and Napoleon
Who are the two pigs who are leading the animals? They are allegories for Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
300
Having the negative attitude of the cynic; mocking; sneering
What is cynical?
300
An observation about life or about human nature that a writer shares with the reader.
What is a theme?
300
without power or energy; weakly
What is feebly?
300
Utopian society
What is a perfect world? The Communist Party dreamed of a society of equals where property and wealth would be shared.
300
Mollie
Who is the pretty young horse who loves ribbons and sugar? An allegory for the noble people of Russia.
400
A solution to a problem; the quality of believing strongly and not changing one's mind
What is resolution?
400
A struggle between two opposing forces.
What is conflict?
400
paying attention in a concerned way; concernedly
What is attentively?
400
Popular leader who was exiled to Mexico and assasinated.
Who is Leon Trotsky?
400
Mr. Jones
Who is the drunken farmer? An allegory for Czar Nicholas II.
500
A good economic period
What is prosperity?
500
A narrative in which characters and events stand for abstract ideas. Animal Farm's characters and events stand for the Russian Revolution
What is an allegory?
500
A state without hope; sadness; sorrow
What is misery?
500
A brutal dictator who ruled Soviet Russia for many decades. Responsible for the deaths of over 20 million of his own people.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
500
All animals are equal.
What is the Seventh Commandment?