Ch.5 moment - snowball chased away

• 'he said very quietly'

  'very quietly' - in contrast to snaowball's shouting -> ominous
• 'painted a picture'

  alliteration -> make it sound glorious -> makes them imagine what could be.
• 'labour was lifted'

  -> alliteration, 'glowing' sentences -> dramatic irony, labour was even worse after Jones
• 'sordid labour'

  hyperbole -> makes present life seem miserable.
• 'terrible baying sounds'


  -> sensory description
• 'wearing brass- studded collars.'

  -> dogs are wearing what is known to be a symbol of oppression
• 'bounding... sprang... dashed'

  active verbs -> shows an increased change of pace.
• 'snapping jaws'

  onomatopoeia -> shows the full aggression of the dogs
• 'too amazed and frightened to speak'

  the contrast between two adjectives
• 'dogs were close on his tail'

  running description of events -> builds suspense, also creating a change of pace.
• 'wagged their tails at him.'

  they seem to belong to Napoleon, sign of being like a human -> tyrannical leader (context) with protectors.