Literary devices
One of the oldest literary forms, is usually short, written in either verse or prose, and conveys a clear moral or message.
A Fable.
The nationality of the author.
British.
The last Russian emperor, whose autocratic but indecisive rule and disastrous military ventures led to the Russian Revolutions.
Tsar Nicholas II.
The irresponsible owner of the farm who lets his animals starve and beats them with a whip.
Farmer Jones.
The Revolution that overthrew the imperial government and placed the Bolsheviks in power.
Russian Revolution.
Any type of fiction that has multiple levels of meaning.
An Allegory.
In India George Orwell worked as a ...
Policeman
The communist dictator of the Soviet Union from 1922-1953 who exalted nationalism to move the Soviet Union into the modern industrial age. He used vicious military tactics to enforce his power and controlled the flow and content of information to the people.
Joseph Stalin.
A boar who leads the rebellion against Farmer Jones. After the rebellion’s success, he systematically begins to control all aspects of the farm until he is an undisputed tyrant.
Napoleon.
The concept af ANIMALISM stands for ___ in real life historical events.
Communism.
Attacking a serious issue by presenting it in a ridiculous way or otherwise poking fun at it is called...
A Satire.
A historical event the participation in which influenced Orwell"s believes about politics.
Spanish Civil War.
The main function of this organization was to protect the state security of the Soviet Union through massive political repression, including authorised murders of many thousands of politicians and citizens, as well as kidnappings, assassinations and mass deportations.
NKVD (1917- 1953)
KGB (1954- 1991)
A boar who becomes one of the rebellion’s most valuable leaders. After drawing complicated plans for the construction of a windmill, he is chased off of the farm forever by Napoleon’s dogs and thereafter used as a scapegoat for the animals’ troubles.
Snowball.
An important historical event that destroyed Russia’s economy as well as its prestige as a European power and was one of the causes of The Russian Revolution.
World War I.
A literary technique, by which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
Irony.
Two best known novels written by G. Orwell.
2. Nineteen Eighty-Four.
A pure communist leader who was influenced by the teachings of Karl Marx. He wanted to improve life for people in Russia, but was exiled to Siberia by his opponent.
Leon Trotsky.
A big mouth pig who displays his ability to manipulate the animals’ thoughts through the use of hollow, yet convincing rhetoric. Represents the propaganda department that worked to support Stalin’s image.
Squealer.
How did tsar Nicolas II die?
He was executed by the Bolshevics, together with his wife and his five children.
Name the 4 literary devices that are used in Animal Farm.
Fable, allegory, satire, and irony.
George Orwell’s real name.
Eric Blair.
A statesman and diplomat who served as foreign minister and the major spokesman for the Soviet Union during and immediately after World War II and a had a reputation for uncompromising hostility to the West.
Vyacheslav Molotov.
The most cynical of all the animals, the farm's donkey who doubts the leadership of the pigs and represents all the skeptical people in Russia and elsewhere who weren’t sure revolution would change anything.
Benjamin.
The Russian Revolution of 1917 happened in stages through two separate coups. Mention the months in which the two events happened.
February and October.