Form and Structure GapFill

The following quiz relates to Orwell's use of language and other formal elements in the novella, and to Assessment Objective 2 (AO2).

Animal Farm is an example of a literary   allegoryanalogymelodramafarce in which the characters represent political figures past and present, and the   pretextsummarynarrativeplot represents both historical and contemporary political events. The animal characters are examples of   metaphorphantasmagoriapersonificationirony, and they represent characters such as Lenin and Stalin. Orwell uses third-person   multiplewrittenomnipresentomniscient narration, which allows the readers to know every thought and feeling the characters experience. Certain characters, such as the sheep, are also examples of   hyperbolezoomorphismsymbolismmetaphor, representing the people of Russia who meekly allowed their rights to be stripped away under communist rule. Elsewhere in Animal Farm, Orwell tends to be subtle in his use of   figurativeliteraryinventeddescriptive language. For example, in Chapter 3, Squealer tells the other animals 'Day and night we are looking after your welfare', which seems like a plain statement; however, 'Day and night' is actually an example of   litotesmetaphorhyperbolesymbolism.  In addition, 'we are looking after your welfare' is an example of   metaphorironyhyperbolesimile, as this statement is the opposite of the truth. By using familiar examples of figurative language, Orwell's narrative can be seen to employ   stereotypingparadoxoxymoroncliché as a  alliterativesynecdochicalrhetoricaldramatic device in order to highlight the falsity of the pigs'  fablesoratorypropagandaconceits. Another rhetorical technique employed by Orwell in the speeches of Old Major and, especially, Napoleon is the use of  intolerantemotivetheatricalemotional language such as 'this miserable condition' (Chapter 1) and 'In sheer malignity' (Chapter 6), which is intended to unite the animals in spirit against a perceived common enemy.  As the animals end up as oppressed by Napoleon as they were by Mr Jones, it is possible to describe the narrative as   linearcircularrhetoricalembedded. At the novella's conclusion, the ultimate loss of the animals' freedom is captured by Orwell using the figurative device of   alliterationchiasmuscomparisoncontrast, 'from pig to man, and from man to pig' (Chapter 10).