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Animal Farm, Part 8: Satire and Irony Answers

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How does Orwell use dramatic irony to reveal character?The text shows that the animals have the spirits of true business owners.The text shows that the animals distrust humans more than any other species.The text shows that the animals are completely naive and unaware of their true situation.The text shows that the animals are hard workers and will soon reap the rewards of their efforts.

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The text shows that the animals have the spirits of true business owners.
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The text shows that the animals distrust humans more than any other species.
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The text shows that the animals are completely naive and unaware of their true situation.
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The text shows that the animals are hard workers and will soon reap the rewards of their efforts.
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What is Orwell’s primary reason for writing chapter 10 of Animal Farm?He wants to show that he has no interest in politics or history and instead desires just to entertain his audience through satire.He wants to show that the pigs have become identical to the human farmers, just as Stalin and other communists became like the aristocrats they replaced.He wants to show the transformation from Animal Farm back to Manor Farm through a series of humorous and ironic scenes that keep readers in suspens

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He wants to show that he has no interest in politics or history and instead desires just to entertain his audience through satire.
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He wants to show that the pigs have become identical to the human farmers, just as Stalin and other communists became like the aristocrats they replaced.
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He wants to show the transformation from Animal Farm back to Manor Farm through a series of humorous and ironic scenes that keep readers in suspense.
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He wants to show that all the literary elements of his novel work together to produce a work of literature that presents life on a farm run by greedy and dangerous animals.
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How does the use of satire and irony support Orwell’s purpose? Check all that apply.Satire allows Orwell to criticize Soviet communism indirectly.Orwell’s satire ridicules communism so that its faults can be revealed.Orwell’s parody of Stalin through Napoleon makes Stalin seem sympathetic.Irony allows Orwell to say things that are untrue because he is trying to amuse readers.Orwell’s use of irony allows the reader to distinguish between appearances and realities.

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Satire allows Orwell to criticize Soviet communism indirectly.
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Orwell’s satire ridicules communism so that its faults can be revealed.
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Orwell’s parody of Stalin through Napoleon makes Stalin seem sympathetic.
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Irony allows Orwell to say things that are untrue because he is trying to amuse readers.
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Orwell’s use of irony allows the reader to distinguish between appearances and realities.

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