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Rhetorical Devices Used In Animal Farm

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Animal Farm is a satirical novel about communism and corruption from too much power. Throughout Animal Farm, the pigs, in particular, use words to gain the trust of the others, specifically in the way that they would want to be seen as good and honest to the other animals.
Essentially, the pigs in Animal Farm use rhetorical questions to gain power over the animals; as a result, this rhetorical device is effective by asking questions that can’t be answered so they are more convincing to the other animals. Squealer tries to convince the animals that Snowball was siding with Jones and was helping him in retaking power over the farm. Squealer asked the question: “Snowball, who as we now know, was no better than a criminal?”(Orwell, Page 42) Another
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