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Animal Farm 1-15
First 15 vocabulary words
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Point of View | the narrator's position in relation to the story being told. |
Setting | Where and when the story takes place |
Narrator | a person who tells something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or poem |
Fable | a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral |
Irony | The opposite of what you expect happens. |
Satire | the use of humor, irony, and exaggeration, Allegory a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. |
Totalitarianism | society is usually ruled by a dictator, and there is very little or no freedom, the government controls almost every aspect of life. |
Controversy | disagreement, typically when prolonged, public, and heated. |
Communism | a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. |
Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. |
Maxim | A principle or rule of conduct |
Cynicism | Attitude or State of mind of distrust |
Scapegoat | A person or group is made to take the blame for someone else |
capitalism | An economic or politicial system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit. |
Propaganda | information, especially of a biased or misleading nature. |