1. By Eilidh Barlow and Nina Mowatt
Animal Farm - Language
By Eilidh Barlow and Nina Mowatt

2. Old Major
“Why then do we continue in this miserable condition? Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labour is stolen from us by the humans beings, There, comrades , is the answer to all our problems.”
Persuasive language
Exclusive pronouns
Demonstration of Humans

3. Napoleon Not a gifted speaker – carries threat in his voice
Always gets his own way
Becomes more talkative as novel progresses
“He said very quietly that the windmill was nonsense and that he advised no on to vote for it, and promptly sat back down again”

4. Snowball
Orator
Idealist
Eloquent
“In glowing sentences, he painted a picture of animal farm as it might be, when sordid labour was lifted off the animal’s back

5. “You did not suppose surely that there was a ruling against beds?”
Squealer
Often ironic
Uses Persuasive language
Deceitful
“You did not suppose surely that there was a ruling against beds?”

6. Other Animals “I will work harder!” Use repetition
Lack of independent thoughts
Use simple language
“Four legs good, two legs bad”
“Napoleon is always right!”