| Question |
Answer |
| No Comma after introductory element |
in conclusion/,/ |
| no comma in compound sentence |
She could taste blood in her mouth/,/ but could not feel the right side of her face.
or |
| Wrong word |
/Their/ was no car |
| No Comma in Nonrestrictive element |
The people of Haiti/,/ who for decades have lived with grinding poverty and mind-numbing violence/,/ are unfamiliar with the workings of a true democracy. |
| Comma splice |
a sentence in which two independent clauses are joined by a comma with no conjunction |
| possessive apostrophe error |
That is Lee/?/s book |
| subject-verb agreement error |
Make sure your son brings /her/ inhaler with /her/ to his practices and games. |
| run-on or fused sentence |
The man was a grumpy old man/?/he did not like cheese/?/ the man ate only pickles |
| Mr. Jones
* irresponsible to his animals (lets them starve)
* sometimes cruel - beats them with whip
* sometimes kind - mixes milk in animal mash
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Czar Nicholas II
* a poor leader at best, compared to western kings
* cruel - sometimes brutal with opponents
* Sometimes kind - hired students as spies to make $
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| Old Major
* taught Animalism
* workers do the work, rich keep the $, animals revolt
* dies before revolution
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Karl Marx
* invented Communism
* "workers of the world unite", take over gov't
* dies before Russian Revolution
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| Animalism
* no owners, no rich, but no poor
* workers get a better life, all animals equal
* everyone owns the farm
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Communism
* same
* all people equal
* gov't owns everything, people own gov't
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| Snowball
* young, smart, good speaker, idealistic
* really wants to make life better for all
* one of leaders of revolution
* chased away into exile by Napoleon's dogs
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Leon Trotsky
* other leader of "October Revolution"
* pure communist, followed Marx
* wanted to improve life for all in Russia
* chased away by Lenin's KGB (Lenin's secret police)
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| Napoleon
* not a good speaker, not as clever like Snowball
* cruel, brutal, selfish, devious, corrupt
* his ambition is for power, killed opponents
* used dogs, moses, and Squealor to control animals
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Joseph Stalin
* not a good speaker, not educated like Trotsky
* same as Napoleon, didn't follow Marx's ideas
* cared for power, killed all that opposed him
* used KGB, allowed church, and propagandized
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| Squealer
* big mouth, talks a lot
* convinces animals to believe and follow Napoleon
* Changes and manipulates the commandments
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Propaganda department of Lenin's government
* worked for Stalin to support his image
* used any lie to convince the people to follow Stalin
* benefited from the fact that education was controlled
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| The Dogs
* a private army that used fear to force animals to work
* killed or intimidated any opponent of Napoleon
* another part of Napoleon's strategy to control animals
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KGB - Secret Police
* not really police, but forced support for Stalin
* used force, often killed entire families for disobedience
* totally loyal, part of Lenin's power, even over army
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| Moses the Raven,tells animals about SugarCandy mountain - Heaven,animals can go there if they work hard,Snowball and Major were against him they,though Heaven was a lie to make animals work,Napoleon let him stay because he taught animals to,work and not c |
Religion,Marx said "Opiate of the people" a lie,used to make people not complain and do their work,Religion was tolerared because people would work,Stalin knew religion would stop violent revolutions |
| Mollie,was vain - loved her beauty and self,didn't think about the animal farm,went with anyone who gave her what she wanted |
Vainselfish people in Russia and world,some people didn't care about revolution,only though about themselves,went to other countries that offered more for them |
| Boxer,stronghard working horsebelieves in Animal Farm,"Napoleon is always right""I must work harder",gives his allis betrayed by Napoleonwho sells him |
Dedicatedbut tricked communist supporters,people believed Stalin because he was "Communist",many stayed loyal after it was obvious Stalin a tyrant,betrayed by Stalin who ignored and killed them |
| Benjamin,oldwise donkey who is suspicious of revolution,thinks "nothing ever changes"is right,his suspicions are true about Boxer and sign changes |
Skeptical people in Russia and outside Russia,weren't sure revolution would change anything,realized that a crazy leader can call himself communist,knew that communism wouldn't work with power,hungry leaders |