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Fables and Satires

Fables and Satires. Animal Farm Intro. Animal Farm. Animal Farm by George Orwell fits into several genres of writing. He wrote it as a… Fable Political Satire Allegory. Fable.

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Fables and Satires

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  1. Fables and Satires Animal Farm Intro

  2. Animal Farm • Animal Farm by George Orwell fits into several genres of writing. He wrote it as a… • Fable • Political Satire • Allegory

  3. Fable • A short tale that is passed on by word of mouth that has animal characters with human qualities and teaches the reader/listener a moral and/or lesson. • Reveals general truths about human nature. • Reader/listener learns the lesson as an exemplum, an example of what one should or should not do.

  4. Satire • A manner of writing that mixed a critical attitude with wit and humor in an effort to improve mankind and human institutions. • The writer tries to make the reader have a negative opinion about someone by making them seem ridiculous or foolish. • Techniques of Satire: • Exaggeration: to enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen. • Parody: to imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing. • Ridicule: language or behavior intended to mock and humiliate. • Reversal: To present the opposite of the normal order (e.g., the order of events, hierarchical order)

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