Animal Farm Lit. Terms and Tone Words
disparaging
to belittle
ambivilent
uncertainty between two choices; unable to make a decision
repetition
use, more than once, of any element of language
satire
writing that uses humor
cynical
showing the disbelief in the sincerity of others; looking for an ulterior motive
polysyndeton
repetition of conjunctions
parallelism
repetition of gramatical structure
anaphora
device of repetition in the same expression
euphemism
device where being indirect replaces directness to avoid embarrassment
rhetorical question
question that is not intended to be answered
despondent
sad; depressed; gloomy
stoic
showing no emotion
glittering generalities
all is positive, means nothing specific, vague
euphoric
an exaggerated feeling of happiness
testimonial
appeal to authority
plain-folks
appealing to everyday people
name-calling, (argumentum ad hominem)
calling opponents names-attack messanger, not message
fallacy
error in logic
ethos
ethnical appeal
bandwagon
everyone is doing it
pathos
evokes sympathy, pathetic appeal, emotion
titillating
exciting in a superficial manner
synecdoche
form of a metaphor, something used to stand for the whole thing
litotes
form of understandment which is affirmed by negativity
acquiescent
giving in to the will of others without protest
asyndeton
lack of conjunctions
ambiguous
lacking clearness, not having an exact answer
ingenuous
lacking in cunning or worldliness; open and frank; naive
whimsical
lacking rational thought
logos
logical appeal
card stacking
make one thing look good to make the other look bad
malicious
mean; vicious; spiteful
propaganda
methods and approaches used to spread ideas that further a cause
prosaic
ordinary; unimaginative
hyperbole
over exaggeration
chiasmus
parallel structure in mirror form
allusion
reference to a well known person, place, event