Newspeak Practice Answer Key

Students translate ordinary English sentences into Newspeak, the simplified and restrictive language used in Orwell’s 1984. The task challenges learners to apply linguistic reduction and substitution using Party-approved terms such as goodthink and doubleplusgood. This creative exercise develops vocabulary manipulation skills and fosters understanding of how language can be used to control thought. It encourages reflection on the relationship between expression, censorship, and freedom of speech.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Language Structure and Word Formation

English Language Arts – Vocabulary and Semantics

English Language Arts – Literary Analysis: Dystopian Language Use

Social Studies – Language, Power, and Propaganda

This worksheet is part of our 1984 Literature Study collection.