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Animal Farm: Figurative Language, Form and Structure

This quiz relates to Assessment Objective 2 (AO2).

The sheep in Animal Farm are examples of what? .

In the opening paragraph of the text, Orwell describes Jones's drunken behavior with the line 'With the ring of light from his lantern dancing from side to side, he lurched across the yard...' (Chapter 1). As a fixed expression that is no longer considered metaphorical, 'The ring of light' is an example of .

As the pigs become masters of the farm and other animals just like the human owners before them, Animal Farm can be said to have a  narrative structure, despite events occurring in order.

Consider the sentence 'If they went hungry, it was not from feeding tyrannical human beings; if they worked hard, at least they worked for themselves.' (Chapter 10). The tone of this sentence can be described as .

Consider the following description after the animals first take over the farm: 'In the ecstasy of that thought they gambolled round and round, they hurled themselves into the air in great leaps of excitement. They rolled in the dew, they cropped mouthfuls of the sweet summer grass, they kicked up clods of the black earth and snuffed its rich scent.' (Chapter 2). Verbs of  such as 'gambolled', 'hurled', 'rolled', 'kicked' and 'snuffed' make up a  field relating to the idea of joy. 

The reference to Mr Pilkington's 'various chins' (Chapter 10) is an example of  as it pokes fun at him.

Although a political allegory, Animal Farm can also be read in a less sophisticated way as a .

Animal Farm is largely narrated using the  voice.

Orwell mixes long and short sentences in the narrative, and this can be described as varying the .

The sentence 'The news of what had happened sped round the farm like wildfire' (Chapter 8) is an example of .

'We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are capable of it are forced to work to the last atom of our strength' (Chapter 1). This sentence is an example of .

'He was twelve years old and had lately grown rather stout, but he was still a majestic-looking pig, with a wise and benevolent appearance in spite of the fact that his tushes had never been cut' (Chapter 1). This sentence describing Old Major is an example of .

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