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