Match the Quote to the Technique

In your essay, you will need to identify language/ structural features to analyse. Practise
identifying the language features in quotes by matching the quote to the correct technique.

‘"Bravery is not enough,” said Squealer. Irony & emotive language

"Loyalty and obedience are more
important,"’ (37).

‘"Are you certain this is not something that

you have dreamed, comrades? Have you
any record of such a revolution? Is it written Repetition
down anywhere?"’ (44).

"It might be that their lives were hard and

not all their hopes had been fulfilled; but
they were conscious that they were not as Dialogue
other animals. If they went hungry, it was
not from feeding tyrannical human beings; if
they worked hard, at least they worked for
themselves," (88).

"The creatures looked from pig to man, and

from man to pig, and from pig to man again; Emotive Language
but already it was impossible to say which
was which," (95).

“Several of them would have protested if

they could have found the right
arguments. Even Boxer was vaguely Personification
troubled. He set his ears back, shook his
forelock several times and tried to marshal
his thoughts; but in the end he could not
think of anything to say,” (36).

‘“If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be

right,"’ (55). Dialogue

"..they had come to a time when no one

dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling
dogs roamed everywhere, and when you
had to watch your comrades torn to pieces
after confessing to shocking crimes," (58). Dialogue & rhetorical question