Animal Farm Literary Devices Quiz

What literary device is primarily used to represent real historical figures through animals?

What device is seen when the farm animals represent social classes?

What device is shown when Old Major’s speech inspires rebellion but leads to tyranny?

What overarching literary device defines Animal Farm as a whole?

What device is used when Old Major’s dream represents revolutionary ideals?

What device is used when the animals call each other “comrades”?

What literary device is used in the phrase “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”?

What literary device is seen in “The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised”?

What device is used when Napoleon changing commandments reveals hypocrisy?

What device is used when “Beasts of England” stirs emotion and unity?

What device is used when the reader understands Napoleon’s deceit before the animals do?

What device is used when the animals are shocked to see pigs behaving like humans?

What literary device is used to expose and criticize human corruption?

What is used when “Four legs good, two legs bad” becomes “Four legs good, two legs better”?

What literary device is demonstrated through the name “Napoleon”?

What is shown when Squealer’s speeches convince animals against their own interests?

What literary device is seen when pigs begin walking on two legs?

What is “Beasts of England” an example of?

What is the repetition of consonant sounds in “Beasts of England, beasts of Ireland” called?

What device is used when the pigs’ behavior mirrors human tyranny?

What device is shown when the commandments are slowly changed without notice?

What device is used when the animals’ ignorance reflects the public’s blind trust?

What is the repetition of slogans and phrases throughout the novel an example of?

What literary device is seen when Squealer twists language to deceive others?

What literary device describes Boxer’s motto “I will work harder”?

What literary device is at play when humans and pigs become indistinguishable?

What literary device is used when the farm symbolizes the Soviet Union?

What is the use of the windmill to represent industrial progress and manipulation called?

What device is shown by the repeating of “Napoleon is always right”?

What literary device is used when Snowball’s exile foreshadows Stalin’s purge?