Task Two: Look at Squealer’s speech at the end of Chapter 3. How does he use rhetorical devices to persuade the other animals? Remember to explain the impact of the methods.

Look for:
repetition
rhetorical question
exaggeration (hyperbole)
rule of three (tri-colon)
personal / possessive pronouns
emotive vocabulary
alliteration
direct address
facts and opinions
assertion / short sentences

“Comrades!” he cried. “You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (this has been proved by Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for YOUR sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back! Yes, Jones would come back! Surely, comrades,” cried Squealer almost pleadingly, skipping from side to side and whisking his tail, “surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?”