Y9 Animal Farm Techniques

Question 1

allegory

Answer 1

a story, poem, or picture that can
be interpreted to reveal a hidden
meaning, typically a moral or
political one

Question 2

anthropomo
rphism

Answer 2

the showing or treating of animals,
gods, and objects as if they are
human in appearance, character, or
behaviour

Question 3

fairy tale

Answer 3

a story for children with fantastical
elements

Question 4

dystopia

Answer 4

an imagined state or society in
which there is great suffering or
injustice, typically one that is
totalitarian

Question 5

irony

Answer 5

a situation in which something
which was intended to have a
particular result has the opposite or
a very different result

Question 6

maxim

Answer 6

a short, memorable statement
expressing a general truth or rule of
conduct.

Question 7

moral

Answer 7

A principle or belief concerning
right and wrong behaviour

Question 8

objective

Answer 8

based on real facts and not
influenced by personal beliefs or
feelings

Question 9

omniscient
narrator

Answer 9

third-person narrator who knows
all the thoughts, actions, and
feelings of all characters

Question 10

propaganda

Answer 10

ideas or statements that are often
false or exaggerated and that are
spread in order to help a cause, a
political leader or a government

Question 11

satire

Answer 11

a technique use to expose and
criticise foolishness and corruption
of an individual or a society, by
using humor, irony, exaggeration,
or ridicule.