A.F. Literary Devices & Background

Who wrote ANIMAL FARM?

• Robert Nye
• George Orwell
• Russell Baker
• Karl Marx

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which country finally published ANIMAL FARM first?

• India
• England
• Russia
• America

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Why did Orwell write ANIMAL FARM?

• To express admiration for Stalin.
• To call attention to Communism.
• To open eyes corrupt power. 
• He was a Marxist. 

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

ANIMAL FARM is all of the following EXCEPT:

• allegory
• fable
• satire
• nonfiction

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Allusion is...

• When you see something that isn't there.
• An author's indirect reference to history. 
• An exaggeration.
• A comparison using "like" or "as".

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

ANIMAL FARM explore's the use of ______________ to persuade and/or brainwash others. 

• propaganda
• hyperbole
• compare/contrast
• facts

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

ANIMAL FARM was published at the end of:

• WWI
• WWII
• Vietnam War
• Gulf War

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Allegory is a type of extended __________ in which everything and everyone represents something else. 

• simile
• personification
• metaphor
• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

To some degree, the characters' names in ANIMAL FARM are _____________. 

• allegorical
• historically accurate
• symbolic
• fact-based

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CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.K.9

CCSS.RL. 6.7

CCSS.RL.K.6

If you had to choose a character that most closely resembles Orwell, himself, which character would it be?

• Boxer
• Naploeon
• Moses
• Benjamin

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5