Animal Farm Chapter 1 Comprehension and RA Questions

Who owns the Manor farm?

• Mr. Trump

• Mr. Ames

• Mr. Jones

• Mr. James

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

"At one end of the big barn, on a sort of raised platform, Major was  already ensconced on his bed of straw, under a lantern which hung from  a beam."

What does ensconced mean?

• singing

• lying down

• out of breath

• settled comfortably

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

 

Why do all the animals gather together after their master has gone to bed??

• The ducklings have lost their mother.

• Old Major is going to give a speech about a dream he had.

• The cows are in labor.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What form of rhetorical device is being used when Old Major keeps saying:

"Comrades" and "No animal in England"?

• Flashback

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Rhetorical Question

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Complete this quote: "All men are enemies. All animals are ______."

• comrades

• friends

• enemies

• free

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades"

The letter "c" sound in this phrase is a form of _________.

• rhetorical appeals

• repetition

• alliteration

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"You young porkers . . . will scream your lives out"

This statement is meant to _________. (Pick 2 answers)

• appeal to emotions

• create a tone of urgency

• appeal to logic

• create a mental picture (imagery)

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"There were only four dissentients, the three dogs and the cat, who was afterwards discovered to have voted on both sides."

What does dissentients mean?

• traitors

• those differing in different opinion

• enemies

• those in agreement

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• Their lives are miserable, laborious, and short.

• environmental destruction by the farmers

• a lack of political power

• humans

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

"...before I die, I feel it my duty to pass on to you such wisdom as I have acquired. I have had a long life, I have had much time for thought as I lay alone in my stall, and I think I may say that I understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living."

This quote is an example of Old Major trying to _________.

• appeal to logic

• establish credibility

• appeal to emotion

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5