Characters
This hardworking horse is known for the motto, "I will work harder."
Who is Boxer?
This animal ran away from Animal Farm.
Who is Mollie?
When an object represents a larger idea or concept, it is called this literary device.
What is symbolism?
This rhetorical appeal focuses on emotion.
What is pathos?
Animal Farm is a commentary on real-life events that happened in this country.
What is the Soviet Union/Russia?
After being chased off the farm, this pig becomes Napoleon's scapegoat for nearly every problem.
Who is Snowball?
In this battle, the animals successfully defend the farm from Mr. Jones.
What is The Battle of Cowshed?
Animal Farm is an example of this literary device, where characters and events represent real people and historical events.
What is allegory?
This phrases completes the quotation: "All animals are equal, but..."
What is "...some animals are more equal than others."?
Napoleon represents this real-life dictator.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
This character uses persuasive language and propaganda to convince the animals that the pigs' actions are necessary.
Who is Squealer?
This is the name of Old Major's inspiring song about freedom.
What is Beasts of England?
When Squealer says the pigs need the milk and apples because they are the "brainworkers" of the farm, he is primarily appealing to the animals' trust in his authority. This is an example of which rhetorical appeal?
What is ethos?
The sheep chant this phrase to interrupt Snowball's speeches and stop the other animals from asking questions.
"Four legs good, two legs bad"
This element in the novel represents the industrialization of the Soviet Union through Stalin's Five-Year Plans.
What is the windmill?
This animal realizes Boxer is being taken to slaughter because he is able to read the writing on the side of the van.
Who is Benjamin?
This commandment was the first one to be broken.
What is "No pig shall sleep in a bed"?
This literary device uses humor and exaggeration to criticize corruption and abuse of power.
What is satire?
Squealer argues that the animals must support the pigs or else Mr. Jones will return. This is an example of what logical fallacy?
What is appeal to fear?
Snowball represents this rival to Joseph Stalin who was exiled from the Soviet Union.
Who is Leon Trotsky?
This character disappears from the farm after the rebellion but later returns once the pigs begin trading with humans again.
Who is Moses?
This is the original name of Animal Farm, and the name the farm returns to at the end of the book.
What is Manor Farm?
This type of irony occurs when Boxer believes he is going to the veterinarian, but is actually being taken to the glue factory.
What is dramatic irony?
Squealer suggests that the animals have only two choices: trust Napoleon or let Mr. Jones return. This is an example of which logical fallacy?
What is false dilemma?
Old Major represents this historical political thinker who wrote The Communist Manifesto.
Who is Karl Marx?