Dulce Et Decorum Est Vocabulary
Authored by Deanna Baptist
English
8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
These are the first words of a Latin saying (taken from an ode by Horace). The words were widely understood and often quoted at the start of the First World War. They mean "It is sweet and right." The full saying ends the poem: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori - it is sweet and right to die for your country. In other words, it is a wonderful and great honour to fight and die for your country.
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CCSS.L.5.4B
CCSS.L.6.1E
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
These were rockets which were sent up to burn with a brilliant glare to light up men and other targets in the area between the front lines.
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CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
This refers to a camp away from the front line where exhausted soldiers might rest for a few days, or longer.
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CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
This refers to the noise made by the shells rushing through the air.
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CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
This word means outpaced, the soldiers have struggled beyond the reach of these shells which are now falling behind them as they struggle away from the scene of battle.
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CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
This word is referring to 5.9 calibre explosive shells.
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CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
This word is referring to poison gas. From the symptoms, it would appear to be chlorine or phosgene gas. The filling of the lungs with fluid had the same effects as when a person drowned.
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CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
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