English - Literature - Literary Devices - Allegory and allusion - Hidden Meanings

5 steps: (1) ALLEGORY: an ENTIRE story where characters, events, and settings represent abstract ideas or real-world issues. The whole story is one big metaphor! (2) Examples: 'Animal Farm' (George Orwell) = allegory for the Russian Revolution. The pigs = communist leaders. The farm = Russia. (3) 'T