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Animal Farm, Part 3: Central Idea

Development

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Lesson

Question

How does an author develop central ideas related to

culture and society?

Lesson Goals

Read chapters 3 and 4 of Animal Farm by George Orwell.

Explain the cultural and

Identify

central ideas

.

social

Cite

details

that

functions

of literature.

develop central ideas.

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Words to Know

Fill in this table as you work through the lesson. You may also use the glossary to

help you.

corruption

power

develop

to work out, clarify, or build something

function

a use or purpose

oppression

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dishonest behavior stemming from the misuse of

the cruel abuse of power, used to hold down a group

of people

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Animal Farm, Part 3: Central Idea

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Words to Know

propaganda

information, often misleading or biased, used to

central idea

the most important idea in a text, supported by key

dystopian fiction

advance a political point of view

details

writing that focuses on how society can be made

worse through oppression, suffering, or catastrophe

The Story So Far

? Mr. Jones overworks and abuses the

farm animals

.

? Old Major urges the animals to rebel and take over the farm.

? The animals successfully

? The pigs create the Seven

revolt

after Old Major dies.

Commandments

based on Old Major¡¯s

teachings.

? Under Napoleon¡¯s watch, the milk has disappeared.

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Understanding Central Ideas and Supporting Details

The

central idea

of a text is the main point the author is trying to make.

The supporting details include dialogue, narration, plot details, and thoughts of

characters that

develop

or build central ideas.

Supporting details

Central idea

? Mr. Jones has become a perpetrator

of

corruption

? Mr. Jones does not feed the

animals, and he later beats them

.

with a whip.

Identifying the Central Idea

To identify the central idea of a passage, ask these questions.

? What is the passage mostly

? What

point

about

?

does a narrator or character make about the

topic?

? How can I

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restate

the ideas in my own words?

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Citing Supporting Details

When

citing

details that support a central idea:

relevant

descriptions.

cause-and-effect

relationships.

? find examples and

? look for

? eliminate less important details.

Central idea: The ruling class is corrupt and should be eliminated.

Underline two phrases that cite supporting details to the central idea.

Man is the only real enemy we have.

Remove Man from the scene, and the

root cause of hunger and overwork is

abolished for ever. Man is the only

creature that consumes without

producing. . . . Yet he is lord of all the

animals. He sets them to work, he gives

back to them the bare minimum that

will prevent them from starving, and the

rest he keeps for himself.

¨CAnimal Farm,

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The Role of Literature in Culture and Society

Literature plays a role in culture and society. Some literature shows society using

propaganda

oppression

and

to rule.

? European fairy-tale

? Greek mythology

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Dystopian fiction

Literature and Social Commentary

Social

commentary

is writing that expresses a viewpoint about

government, civilization, and society.

Literature can fulfill the

? investigating

function

social

of social commentary by:

rules and

norms

of the present.

? providing critiques and insights about the past.

? imagining possible futures.

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