Animal Farm Vocabulary

Match the following literary terms to their definitions.

• the use of humor to expose and criticize

• theme

• a story with a hidden political meaning

• tone

• the mood implied by author's words

• satire

• difference between expected and reality

• allegory

• the main idea or lesson of a story

• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is propaganda?

• A story that uses humor to draw attention to a political issue

• An often biased form of communication used to manipulate or influence people's opinions and beliefs

• The main idea or lesson in a literary work

• The feeling provided by an author's choice of words

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

Match the following picture with the vocabulary word

• manipulate

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• benevolent

• 
• toil

• 
• treacherous

• 
• morose

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Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Although the task was challenging and ​ (a)   , you were ​ (b)   and got all of the answers correct.

• laborious
• shrewd
• complicit
• connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

Define connotation

• To control a person or situation

• Being involved in something illegal or wrong

• A word that has a meaning that is not literaly, often has a positive or negative association

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Define the word complicit

• A word with a meaning other than its literal meaning, especially a positive or negative association

• Being involved in something illegal or wrong

• Working extremely hard or incessantly

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4