This lesson contains 12 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 60 min
Items in this lesson
Slide 1 - Slide
Objectives
Today we will:
Think about Orwell’s attitude to language;
Think about the power of language and how it can corrupt;
Think about irony in the novel;
Look at speeches by Old Major and Squealer;
Discuss chapter 4 and 5
Slide 2 - Slide
Animal Farm
The power of language
Slide 3 - Slide
Orwell's view on language
Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech that you are used to seeing regularly;
Avoid clichés;
Never use a long word when a short one will do;
If it’s possible to cut a word out always cut it out;
Slide 4 - Slide
Orwell's view on language
Never use a foreign phrase, scientific word or jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent;
Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
Slide 5 - Slide
Which of the characters uses language that is very different?
Slide 6 - Open question
What does the simple language in Animal Farm symbolize?
Slide 7 - Open question
One of Orwell’s central concerns in Animal Farm , is the way in which language can be manipulated as an instrument of control. How does that become clear in the novel?
Slide 8 - Open question
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely (Lord Acton)
A
Agree
B
Disagree
Slide 9 - Quiz
Irony
One way to express power is through ironic language.
Irony is when the surface meaning and the underlining meaning of what is being said is not the same
Orwell frequently uses irony to make readers think about the motives and morals of the characters in the story.
Slide 10 - Slide
Give some examples of irony or Give examples of irony in Animal Farm