Animal Farm Definitions and Terms Quiz 1

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view

• Scapegoat

• Satire

• Propaganda

• Irony

Of or relating to a government or political system that has total control over its citizens and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life

• Bourgeoisie

• Allegory

• Totalitarian

• Capitalism

A story in which the characters and events symbolize ideas about human life or a political or historical situation

• Propaganda

• Proletariat

• Allegory

• Fable

The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize society's stupidity or vices

• Sarcasm

• Satire

• Totalitarian

• Idealist

The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning

• Propaganda

• Irony

• Bourgeoisie

• Fable

The use of irony to mock or convey contempt

• Allegory

• Scapegoat

• Sarcasm

• Capitalism

An economic system based on private ownership of capital and means of production, and on the exploitation of labor

• Satire

• Capitalism

• Propaganda

• Proletariat

The working class or lower class who provide labor

• Irony

• Propaganda

• Proletariat

• Bourgeoisie

The capitalist class who own most of society's wealth and means of production

• Scapegoat

• Allegory

• Bourgeoisie

• Sarcasm

One guided more by ideals than by practical considerations

• Fable

• Idealist

• Satire

• Propaganda