Animal Farm, Part 1: Satire Answers

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Which statement best explains why Orwell used fable, allegory, and satire to write Animal Farm?

He did not want his readers to take the story too seriously and believed that using animals would achieve this purpose.

He was afraid that British readers would be offended if he mentioned the Soviet Union specifically, so he chose to write an allegory.

He wanted to portray the Soviet Union as an oppressive, totalitarian regime, and he wanted to make the connections clear and obvious.

He wanted to reach a wider audience by addressing the themes of oppression, suffering, and injustice without explicitly referring to current events.

Why is this passage an example of exposition?

It introduces one of the main conflicts of the novel.

It introduces several main characters in the novel.

It describes the physical environment of the novel.

It describes the time period in which the novel takes place.

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