Doublespeak
Propaganda
Animal Farm:
Characters
Characters
Animal Farm:
Random Facts
Random Facts
Good to Know
100
Saying that someone has ‘passed away’ rather than saying that he died, is an example of what kind of doublespeak?
Euphemism
100
Encourage people to do something because everyone else is doing it.
Bandwagon
100
The pig who emerges as the leader of Animal Farm after the Rebellion. Based on Joseph Stalin.
Napoleon
100
What did the pigs change their original motto of "Four legs good, two legs bad" to?
"Four legs good, two legs better."
100
Who is the author of Animal Farm?
George Orwell
200
What type of doublespeak is this?
Inflated Language
200
Propagandists use this approach to convince the audience that the spokesperson is from humble origins.
Plain Folks
200
The cart-horse whose incredible strength, dedication, and loyalty play a key role in Animal Farm. Quick to help but rather slow-witted; represents the peasant workers of Russia.
Boxer
200
A good-hearted female cart-horse and Boxer’s close friend. She often suspects the pigs of violating one or another of the Seven Commandments, but she repeatedly blames herself for misremembering the commandments.
Clover
200
This literary device is the presentation of material that mocks social conventions, works of art, or anything its creator thinks ridiculous.
Satire
300
“Due diligence”, “AWOL”, “hard copy”, “stat”, and “holistic” are all examples of:
Jargon
300
This type of propaganda uses words that have different positive meanings for individual subjects, but are linked to highly valued concepts. Some common words are: love, honor, glory, and freedom.
Glittering Generalities
300
The pig who challenges Napoleon for control of Animal Farm after the Rebellion. Based on Leon Trotsky. He wins the loyalty of the other animals.
Snowball
300
A system of beliefs shared by the farm animals of Manor Farm. The purpose is to ensure the farm animals behave like actual animals and not follow the footsteps of humans beings.
Animalism
300
What are Boxer's maxims?
"Napoleon is always right” and “I will work harder”
400
A form of doublespeak that aims to overwhelm an audience with big words and long sentences.
Gobbledygook
400
This type of propaganda is used as a substitute for arguing the merits of an idea, belief, or proposal. It is often employed using sarcasm and ridicule the actual idea or proposal.
Name Calling
400
The pig who spreads Napoleon’s propaganda among the other animals. Orwell uses this character to explore the ways in which those in power often use propaganda and language to twist the truth and gain and maintain social and political control.
Squealer
400
Old Major teaches this song to the animals in an early on in the book and it becomes the first national anthem of Animal Farm.
"Beasts of England"
400
This literary device is a form of extended metaphor where elements of a narrative have meanings outside of the narrative.
Allegory
500
A kind of doublespeak that is designed to make the ordinary seem extraordinary.
Inflated Language
500
The diversionary tactic to draw one's attention away from the real subject.
Red Herring
500
The tame raven who spreads stories of Sugarcandy Mountain, the paradise to which animals supposedly go when they die. Orwell uses him to explore how communism exploits religion as something with which to pacify the oppressed.
Moses
500
What year was Animal Farm first published?
1946
500
What does the phrase “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” mean?
It refers to the way Stalin governed the Soviet Union and highlights the inequality of this regime.