Assignment: In the following quotes from Animal Farm, explain the effect of the satire. How is Orwell criticizing the foolishness and corruption of the pigs and other animals (who represent the Russian government and people) using humor, exaggeration, or ridicule? What or who is being ridiculed? Copy and paste the quotes into the answer box, and explain the satire below each quote in bold or a different color
1. "The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others. With their superior knowledge, it was natural that they should assume the leadership." p.27 (How is Orwell making fun of the pigs who represent the Russian leaders in this novel?)
2. "Snowball declared that the Seven Commandments could be reduced to a single maxim (motto), namely: four legs good, two legs bad.” p.34 (How is Orwell making fun of the sheep who represent the uneducated, common people in this novel?)
3. "Milk and apples (this has been proven by Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brain workers." p.36 (How is Orwell making fun of the pigs who represent the Russian leaders in this novel?)

In the following line, "so many crazed men, so much shouting, so much brutality, " what type of rhetorical feature is wiesel using to emphasize the image?

Why is macbeth both excited and fearful after hearing the witches prediction about his future

Follow the directions (and example) given to create your own sonnet. william shakespeare's sonnet 130 my mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun, coral is far more red, than her lips red, if snow be white, why then her breasts are dun: if hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head: i have seen roses damasked, red and white, but no such roses see i in her cheeks, and in some perfumes is there more delight, than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. i love to hear her speak, yet well i know, that music hath a far more pleasing sound: i grant i never saw a goddess go, my mistress when she walks treads on the ground. and yet by heaven i think my love as rare, as any she belied with false compare. instructions: write fourteen lines of iambic pentameter. use a sonnet rhyme scheme. use the first eight lines to set up your idea (the octave). use the last six lines to conclude your idea (sestet). (variety may be added by including a substitute foot from time to time such as the two anapests in line 3 above.) work in small groups giving each other feedback. reading the sonnet aloud allows you to hear the words and rhythms of the lines. generate questions that will clarify the use of words and forms. for example: was the idea of the sonnet presented in the first eight lines? how was sound used to enhance the meaning of the sonnet?