Animal Farm - Key Vocabulary

1. The act of someone using power unfairly to make life better for themselves.
9. A political belief that all people are equal and workers should control the way things are produced.
11. The control or influence of someone or something unfairly.
12. The act of treating someone unfairly to benefit from their work.
13. Information, which is often false, published to make people agree with something or think a certain way.
15. A government/ruler with total power over everything.
16. When people are taught to accept certain beliefs without question.
18. The time and place of events in a story.
19. When someone is cruel and does not care about other people.

2. A lack of fairness.
3. The power to affect someone or something.
4. A story, poem or picture with a hidden meaning (usually a moral or political one)
5. When a writer uses something to represent a bigger idea.
6. Social __________ is when people in society do not have the same status, rights or opportunities.
7. When someone who doesn't have the experience of how complicated life can be and therefore trusts people too much.
8. A system of organising people based on how important they are.
10. The act of deliberately stopping or limiting something, usually using force.
14. Intended to teach, usually with a moral message.
17. The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and make others obey.