Revolutions
Animal Farm
Characters
Literary Terms
Persuasive Language
100

The idea in the American Declaration of Independence of “unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” comes from which Enlightenment thinker?

John Locke

100

According to Old Major, what is the cause of the animals' problems?

the humans

100

Who does Napoleon represent from the Russian Revolution?

Joseph Stalin

100
What is the term for something that represents another person, place, or idea?

Symbol

100

Negative names are used for the ‘enemy’ or opposition, so that the audience has an emotional response to them and are immediately biased against them.

Name-calling

200

What were the lands controlled by another nation? (2.CC)

Colony

200

Old Major's dream encourages the animals on Manor Farm to do what?

revolt against the humans

200

Who does Mr. Jones represent from the Russian Revolution?

Tsar Nicolas II

200

What are the two meanings given in an extended metaphor?

Literal and symbolic

200

Using well-known personalities to endorse a person, group, or cause. / An appeal to a ‘higher authority’ to back up the point.

Appeal to Authority

300

In the late 1400's and 1500's, what was the major reason for the European voyages of exploration?

Need for alternate trade routes

300

Why do the pigs assume leadership on animal farm?

They are the most intelligent animals.

300

Who does Squealer represent from the Russian Revolution?

The Pravda

300

What is the lesson to be learned from a fable called?

Moral

300

Claiming that an audience should do something because everyone else is doing it - this plays on people’s fear of being left out.

BANDWAGON

400

What role did warfare in Africa play in slave trade of the late 18th century? (2.CC)

Victorious tribes often sold or traded their prisoners to European slave traders.

400

During discussions on the farm, who do the animals usually agree with?

Whoever was speaking

400

Who does Moses represent from the Russian Revolution?

Religion

400

What is an extended metaphor that talks about real-world concepts using fiction?

Allegory
400

Linking positive, general, and commonly accepted words (‘love,’ ‘family,’ ‘democracy,’ etc.) with a person, group, or cause to make an audience approve without careful consideration.

GENERALITIES

500

Which of the following was an inspiration for the French Revolution? MWH.2.P

The ideas of the Enlightenment and the success of the American Revolution

500

What is Napoleon's reaction to the animals' agreement to build the windmill?

He calls in his dogs, who chase Snowball off the farm

500

Who does Old Major represent from the Russian Revolution?

Karl Marx

500

The farm under Jones' control was symbolic of Tzarism. Under Snowball, Napoleon, and the other pigs it was symbolic of Socialism. What did it symbolize under just Napoleon?

totalitarianism

500

Trying to convince an audience that someone is “one of them”— this helps to convince the audience that they know how they feel, even if they do not.

CAMARADERIE