Writing Vocabulary
You are watching a scary movie and you see the characters are about to be caught robbing a bank. This dramatic irony creates what type of feeling for the reader?
a. sympathy
b. frustration
c. suspense
d. concern
What is c. suspense?
After Napoleon and the pigs take over on the farm and the windmill collapses, life on the farm was not a time of prosperity for the animals.
Define the term prosperity.
What is the state of being successful; to do well (usually by making money)?
Anyone who opposed Stalin was considered a dissident.
What is the meaning of dissident?
What is one who disagrees or differs in opinion from the majority?
What is glittering generality?
What type of rhetorical appeal is being used in this sentence?
Tiger Woods endorses Nike.
What is ethos?
What do these roots/prefixes mean?
mal-
cred-
in-
What is "bad" or "evil"?
What is "to believe"?
What is "not"?
Finish this sentence:
When Squealer talks to the other animals, the reader can get frustrated because the working animals are so ________________.
a. ignominious
b. gullible
c. absurd
d. eminent
What is b. gullible?
Which social classes do the following represent:
1. Bourgeoisie
2. Proletariat
1. What is the ruling class?
2. What is the working class?
What is propaganda?
What is biased or misleading information used to promote a particular political cause or point of view?
What type of rhetorical appeal is being used in this sentence?
A child is shown covered in bug bites after using an inferior bug spray.
What is pathos?
What are footnotes and how do you use them?
What is a note at the bottom of a page that provides additional information or references for the reader?
Animal Farm is an allegory for...
BONUS: Explain what an allegory is.
What is the Russian Revolution?
What is a a text with a hidden moral or political message about real-world issues.
Joseph Stalin banished Leon Trotsky from the country. In other words, Trotsky was ____________.
Diets: When it seems like everyone is adopting a certain fad diet, people become more likely to try the diet themselves.
What type of propaganda is the example above describing?
What is bandwagon?
What are the 3 types of rhetorical appeals?
What is ethos, logos and pathos?
Which word has a more negative connotation? Curious or nosy?
What is nosy?
What is the meaning of intermediary?
BONUS: Which animal farm character acted as the intermediary between the pigs and the humans?
What is someone who moves back and forth between two sides; a mediator?
*(must explain what a mediator is)
Which historical figure from the Russian Revolution can be considered a tyrant?
Define the term tyrant.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
What is a cruel and oppressive ruler who has no legal limits on his or her power.
Corrupt leaders (or people who abuse their power) will sometimes use these 3 techniques to maintain their power:
1.
2.
3.
BONUS: Define all 3 techniques
What is fear? (what is a leader who scares people, often with violence, into doing something)
What is manipulation? (what is a leader who skillfully controls events, situations, or people, often in a way that other people disapprove of?)
What is gas-lighting? (what is a leader who makes people question their memory?)
Which verb mood is being used in this sentence?
“Is it because this land of ours is so poor that it cannot afford a decent life to those who dwell upon it?” (p. 7)
What is interrogative mood?
What is satire?
What is the art of making someone or something look ridiculous, raising laughter in order to embarrass, humble, or discredit its targets?
Which animal farm character does Orwell describe as benevolent?
Who is Old Major?
Which word has a negative connotation?
a. enmity
b. eminent
BONUS: Define both terms
What is a. enmity?
(enmity: what is the mutual feeling of hatred between two people?)
(eminent: what is successful, well-known and respected?)
Name the 7 main types of propaganda
What is...
1. Card-stacking
2. Transfer
3. Plain Folks
4.
Which verb mood is being used in this sentence?
“Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest, that the prosperity of the one is the prosperity of the others.” (p. 10)