Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Literary Elements/Devices
Animal Farm
Wild Card
100
A synonym for scold
What is admonish
100
An antonym for original, new, novel
What is trite
100
The term for when the reader or audience knows something that the character does not
What is dramatic irony
100
The purpose of an allegory
What is teaching a lesson?
100
A comparison between two dissimilar things using like or as
What is a simile
200
A synonym for trick
What is feint
200
This word means to create or to make
What is fabricate
200
The part of the plot in which most of the conflicts are resolved and we know the outcome of the story
What is the resolution
200
A work of literature that is used to criticize some element of a society, political system, or belief system.
What is satire
200
The definition of condone
What is to allow or to turn a blind eye and ignore
300
An antonym for ugly or homely
What is comely
300
This word means a steep cliff
What is precipice
300
The type of narration in which the narrator is involved in the story and the pronoun I is used
What is first person narration
300
The primary form of communication utilized by the porcine (oink!) leaders of Animal Farm. The methods used by this form of communication are: scare tactics, repetition, rhetorical questions, pseudo-science, etc.
What is propaganda
300
The term that means the process of attributing a source and introducing a quotation. For example: According to Mrs. Philbrick, "Bleep, bloop, and jazz hands are a necessary part of every day life."
What is a signal phrase
400
To correct or to make right
What is rectify
400
The antonym for this word is calm
What is irate
400
A type of character who undoes a change
What is a dynamic character
400
Said, "The only good human is a dead human."
Who is Snowball
400
Saying the opposite of what is true or apparent
What is verbal irony
500
The antonym for this word is to weaken
What is fortify
500
This word means to be flexible
What is pliant
500
The use of parody, exaggeration, incongruity, and (what is this one?) to criticize a character or policy or highlight some social issue in order to shed light on vices, stupidity, and shortcomings.
What is satire
500
Had her puppies taken from her for re-education by comrade Napoleon
Who is Jessie (or Bluebell)
500
A reference to a work of art, another piece of literature, film, or other source found within a text
What is an allusion