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WorksheetsRhetorical Devices in Old Major's Speech
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
"But is this simply part of the order of nature? Is it because this land of ours is so poor that it cannot afford a decent life to those who dwell upon it?"
anecdote
rhetorical question
adjective
alligeration
"There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in one single word--MAN. MAN is the only real enemy we have. Remove MAN from the scene, and the root cause of hunger... is gone forever. MAN is the only creature that comes without producing..."
anecdote
rhetorical question
adjective
repetition
"and 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,... and I think I may understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living."
credibility/ethos/reliability/trust
emotions/pathos/feelings
logic/reasoning/facts/logos
"Man serves the interest of no creature except himself."
assertion
adjective
rhetorical question
rule of three
"Our lives are miserable, laborious, and short."
rhetorical question
attack
rule of three
repetition
"As for the dogs, when they grow old and toothless, Jones ties a brick round their necks and drowns them in the nearest pond."
anecdote AND ethos/credibility/trust
anecdote AND pathos/emotions/feelings
anecdote AND logic/reasoning
What word does Old Major repeat throughout for the Loaded Word effect because it has an underlying meaning in Communism/Animalism?
rebellion
comrade
overthrow
man
"Many years ago, when I was a little pig, my mother and other sows used to sing an old song of which they knew only the tune and the first three words. I had known that tune in my infancy, but it long since passed out of my mind."
anecdote
rhetorical question
adjective
figurative language
The use of the word "cruel" to describe the whips and the use of "fruitful" to describe England's land in the song, "Beasts of England."
anecdotes
adjectives
loaded words
exaggeration
"I am twelve years old..."
ethos/credibility/trust/confidence
logos/logic/reasoning
pathos/emotions/feelings
