Animal Farm
Parody allegory rhetoric
Terms and application
Speech and analysis
Continuation of Snowball v Napoleon
Allegory/Fable/Rhetoric
• Allegory:
Literal
• literary or artistic work
that has multiple levels of
meaning: similar to
analogy Other allegories:
Past
Lord of the Flies, Pilgrim’s
Progress, The Faerie Queen
• Rhetoric
• Fable
Figurative
/Symbolic
Present
Historical Fictional
• Use of language to
influence/please others
• A short story teaching a moral,
uses animals with human traits
to teach lessons
Politics on Animal Farm 1 of 3
• Fascism
• State/Nation is of highest
priority over individual freedom
dictatorial government based
on nationalism Chapter ___
• Socialism
• Against private ownership,
production, distribution are
controlled by the workers
Chapter ___
• Totalitarianism
• Centralized government that
has total control of private
citizens. Does not tolerate
difference of opinion Chapter
___
Politics on Animal Farm 2 of 3
• Communism
• Revolution
• All property and
wealth is owned by all
members of the
society
• Overthrow of the
government; dramatic
change in idea or
practice
Politics on Animal Farm 1 of 3
• Bourgeoisie
• Proletariat
• the social class that,
according to Marxist
theory, owns the means
of producing wealth and
is regarded as exploiting
the working class
________ in Animal Farm
• The working class sole
asset – the labor they
provide _________ in
Animal Farm
Comparison Chart Review
• Take out your comparison chart and your
spiral notebook.
• Napoleon
• Boxer
• Mollie
• Moses
Persuasive Techniques Handout
• On a new page in your binder review the
following terms: ethos, pathos logos
• Bandwagon, transfer, glittering generalities
• Emotional appeal, social appeal
• Choose three of these terms
• Put the three terms at the top of the next
page in your spiral. This will be used for
Thursday’s homework.
Visions for a Better Future
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Take out your homework: charts pp 12-15
Compare notes with those near you
What elements were in these speeches?
Turn to a new page in your notebook
2 column: Speech devices from MLK Jr’s
“I Have a Dream” and key words/phrases
• 2 column: Speech devices from Old
Major’s “Animal Revolution” and key
words/phrases
Homework
• Choose a character to analyze. In a well
developed two page essay using terms
associated with the novel, explain how Orwell
constructed this animal on the basis of a
historical figure. You will need the internet to
make this a quality essay. You must cite your
sources in a Works Cited – MLA format required
• Read Orwell’s “The Freedom of the Press”
article and answer questions.
Redefining terms
Record these notes in your spiral
• Persuasive Techniques:
R.A.F.T
• Ethos
• Pathos
• Logos
• Hyperbole
• Generalization
• Understatement
• Word Choice:
Connotation: tall or giant,
skinny or waif-like
•Repetition
•Parallelism
•Analogy
•Appeal to Authority
•Irony
•Bandwagon
•Glittering Generalities
•Transfer
•Emotional Appeal
•Social Appeal