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Question 1

What is dramatic irony

Answer 1

When the reader knows something charcters dont

Question 2

What is situational irony

Answer 2

When the itended outcome is oppostite to the actual outcome

Question 3

What is scapegoating

Answer 3

Blaming someone for something all the time

Question 4

What is euphemism

Answer 4

When you say one thing that doesn’t make any sense but we all know what it means
-example pass away, not the brightest spark

Question 5

What are the people of the Russian Empire comparable to in 1917?

Answer 5

Slaves, bound to their landlords.

Question 6

Who is Karl Marx?

Answer 6

The grandfather of communism, from Germany, is represented in the book by Old Major

Question 7

Who is Lenin?

Answer 7

Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks, who took power following the Revolution, and is also represented by Old Major.

Question 8

Who is Stalin?

Answer 8

Joseph Stalin is a Bolshevik who seizes control via ostracising (excluding) Trotsky from Lenin’s funeral and slowly controlling the USSR over the seven years of Lenin’s leadership. From 1924 to 1953, he is a cruel dictator represented by Napoleon.

Question 9

Who is Trotsky?

Answer 9

Leon Trotsky was the real brains behind the Revolution. Once Stalin takes power, he is run out of the USSR. He is represented by Snowball, and is scapegoated, or blamed across the book.

Question 10

Who are Churchill and F.D.R.?

Answer 10

Winston Churchill and Franklin. D. Roosevelt are two capitalists who lead capitalist nations, the UK and the USA, in 1945. They come into the book from the start, and are represented, more Churchill, by Mr. Pilkington.

Question 11

Who is Adolf Hitler?

Answer 11

Hitler was the supreme dictator of Nazi Germany, and practiced horrible acts on his people. He is represented by Frederick.

Question 12

Who does Mr. Jones represent?

Answer 12

Tsar Nicholas II. He is drunk which represents his laziness and corruption all the time.

Question 13

Who does Boxer represent?

Answer 13

Boxer represents the male working class of the Russian Empire. He is the strongest, and hardest working animal on the farm, but is quite uneducated. “not of first rate intelligence.”

Question 14

What does Moses represent?

Answer 14

The church. Sugarcandy Mountain is heaven, or the belief of a better world.

Question 15

What is the significance of “Beasts of England”?

Answer 15

Beasts of England is entirely about animalistic equality. No animal rules over another. It mirrors the Internationale, the former anthem of the Soviet Union.

Question 16

Read Old Major’s speech. Why does he continually repeat “Man”?

Answer 16

Repetition is a part of DAFOREST. DAFOREST is about persuasive language and this speech is full of it. Direct address of comrades, hyperboles such as “cut your throat and boil you down” and many rhetorical questions.

Question 17

Instead of using “… represents … in real life” what should you use?

Answer 17

Allegory. An allegory is a story with an underlying message.

Question 18

When writing a PETAL paragraph, how should it be structured?

Answer 18

• Point
• A five word max form of embedded quotations, not “This is shown in “…” This” That shows zero skill and loses marks. Should be “
• Five stage analysis, of an explanation, an alternate explanation (ALWAYS USE THIS), zooming, the reader’s effect (REMEMBER THIS) and writer’s intention.
• A technique, such as a dynamic verb, a hyperbole, emotive language, alliteration of varying forms, opinions, rhetorical questions.
• Link back to the question.

Question 19

What are the modifications to the Seven Commandments?

Answer 19

1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy, this is broken.
2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
3. No animal shall wear clothes, isn’t directly modified but is violated in Chapter X.
4. No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.
5. No animal shall drink alcohol to excess.
6. No animal shall kill any other animal without cause.
7. All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.

Question 20

What phrase is helpful for alternative explanations?

Answer 20

“Not only… but also…”

Question 21

Napoleon becomes a human in the animal’s eyes, what technique does this relate to?

Answer 21

Personification and anthropomorphism (animals acting like humans).

Question 22

When writing about the reader, using critical and praising adverbs uplevel, what are critical adverbs (Orwell ____ Napoleon in this extract…)

Answer 22

Attacks
Condemns
Criticises
Undermines

Question 23

When writing about the reader, using critical and praising adverbs uplevel, what are praising adverbs (Orwell ____ Napoleon in this extract…)

Answer 23

Questions
Depicts
Praises
Imagines
Satirises

Question 24

What are the five stage analysis?

Answer 24

• Explanation
• Alternative explanation
• Zoom
• Reader’s effect
• Writer’s intention

Question 25

Why is a first explanation important and how to write it?

Answer 25

It's important to give a view to the quote, which can be seen as "Not only do we see "", a ___ "

Question 26

What is an alternate explanation?

Answer 26

Giving an alternate view is evaluating. Evaluating increases your marks.

Question 27

Why is a zoom needed?

Answer 27

Zooming gives you a focus on a specific word and technique, and another potential evaluation on the quote.

Question 28

Why is the reader's effect and writer's intention needed.

Answer 28

You could be tempted to write "We can see this in...", say "the reader." Understanding that Orwell wanted to give a message to the reader about communism, the reader always should be referred to in how they think. For example, how should the reader think when they see Napoleon on his hind legs? Taking that same quote, applying context to Russia is a necessity. Animal Farm without context included in a paragraph makes you sound stupid. Napoleon on his hind legs contextually refers to Stalin morphing himself into the Tsar over time, including living in a palace as an authoritarian. Referring to the Tsar is contextual knowledge.

Question 29

What are the types of nouns?

Answer 29

Concrete Abstract Proper

Question 30

What are the three types of irony?

Answer 30

* Dramatic when we know something the characters don't, such as Boxer's death. * Situational when the outcome is different to the intent, such as the revolution. * Verbal when you say something that doesn't mean what it should mean, such as something getting 20% in a test, and it being a good job.

Question 31

What are words to describe Animal Farm by Chapter X?

Answer 31

Oppression Dictatorship Authoritarian Totalitarian

Question 32

What is the plot of chapter one?

Answer 32

Mr jones falls asleep drunk. All the animals meet in big barn where old major gave a speech about revolution. All the animals sing the songs beasts of England but are stopped by mr jones gun

Question 33

What is the plot of chapter 2

Answer 33

Old major dies in his sleep. Pigs adapt his ideas into seven commandments of animalism and teach other animals. Tebellion happens jones is drive.

Question 34

What are the major themes in the text?

Answer 34

The major themes include: - Corruption - Power - Violence - Ignorance - Responsibility - Class - Hope - Truth - Pride

Question 35

Who are the main characters?

Answer 35

The main characters are: - Napoleon - Boxer - Old Major - Snowball - Mollie - Mr Jones - Squealer - Benjamin - The Dogs - Clover

Question 36

What are the major themes in the text?

Answer 36

The major themes include: - Corruption - Power - Violence - Ignorance - Responsibility - Class - Hope - Truth - Pride

Question 37

Who are the main characters?

Answer 37

The main characters are: - Napoleon - Boxer - Old Major - Snowball - Mollie - Mr Jones - Squealer - Benjamin - The Dogs - Clover