Characters
The villain of the story or the character who is working against the hero
Antagonist
A method of persuasive speaking and writing developed by Aristotle.
Rhetoric
“It cost me an arm and a leg,” is an example of this
Idiom
A work that ridicules the shortcomings of specific people or institutions as an attempt to bring about change.
Satire
An imaginary community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens.
Utopia
A protagonist who has numerous flaws but still wins the heart or sympathy of the reader
Anti-hero
A tool of rhetoric that appeals to readers’ logic or reason
Logos
“The goalie is a brick wall,” is an example of this
Metaphor
A work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the original piece’s style
Parody
A fictional community or society that is undesirable or frightening.
Dystopia
The hero of the story/the character that the audience is rooting for
Protagonist
A tool of rhetoric that convinces the reader that the writer is a knowledgeable, trustworthy source of information
Ethos
“The snowflakes whispered as they fell,” is an example of this
Personification
A decrepancy between expectation and reality
Irony
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. A metaphor that continues beyond the first comparison sentence. Animal Farm is an example of this for the issues with socialist societies.
Allegory / Extended Metaphor
A character who serves as a direct contrast to another character as a device to emphasize the qualities of the main character.
Foil
A tool of rhetoric that appeals to readers’ emotions
Pathos
"I've told you a million times!" is an example of this
Hyperbole
The dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
The four economic / government systems discussed for Animal Farm.
Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, Totalitarianism
Direct Characterization and Indirect Characterization
Ethos, Logos, Pathos are all Aristotle's Rhetorical ------
Appeals
Hearts for love or lightbulbs for ideas are examples of this
Symbolism
Other meanings or associations of a word that often aren’t found in a dictionary; culture or society has created this type of definition over time.
Connotation
The father of communism who would later inspire George Orwell in the allegorical character of Old Major.
Karl Marx