EL English 10: Unit 1 Vocabulary

What is poetry?

• a story

• a literary work in which special focus is given to the expression

• theater

• a composition of works which include many authors or audiences

What is a stereotype?

• an oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing

• a sport or skill of shooting with a bow and arrow

• standing across something, like a bridge

• the main idea that the poem expresses

What is it called when you express the meaning of the writers words in your own way to make it more clear?

• Stoic

• Poetry

• Elegy

• Paraphrase

Which person looks "stoic"?

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Which word means when the government forces a person out of the country, and they can never come back?

• Astride

• Theme

• Exile

• Connotation

Which picture shows archery?

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What word means an oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing?

• Archery

• Attitude/Tone/Mood

• Connotation

• Stereotype

What does the word "exile" mean?

• when the government forces a person out of the country, and they can never come back

• a person that doesn't show their feelings

• an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

• to express something in your own words

What do we call "the words that an author uses to express a feeling"?

• Astride

• Brazen

• Elegy

• Connotation

Which is not a common example of a theme in poetry?

• Fork

• Love

• Freedom

• Prejudice