R&R - Dulce Et Decorum Est

Who wrote Dulce et Decorum est?

• Wilfred Owen

• Frederick Owen

• Owen Smith

• Owen Fredricks

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Which war did the poet serve in?

• WW2

• WW1

• Boer War

• Crimean War

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

What language is the title of the poem written in?

• French

• Latin

• German

• Dutch

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which is the correct translation of 'Dulce et Decorum est pro patria mori'?

• It is an honour to fight for ones country

• Only the valiant serve

• Only the valiant die

• It is sweet and right to die for ones country

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

"His hanging face like a devil's sick of sin" is an example of

• metaphor

• personification

• oxymoron

• simile

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

"And watch the white eyes writhing in his face" is an example of

• alliteration

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

How does the narrator of Dulce et Decorum Est present war? Choose all that apply.

• Horrific

• Negative

• Courageous

• Brave

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.5.4

In Dulce et Decorum Est, what does the simile 'as under a green sea' describe?

• The gas fumes surrounding the soldiers
• The English Channel
• The smell of the sewers
• The army uniforms

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

What shift occurs in stanza 4?

• the timeline advances to after the war to show the effects the experience had on the speaker.

• The speaker introduces a conflicting point of view and then presents an argument to counter it.

• The point of view changes to that the speaker is addressing the reader directly

• The scene changes from events that actually occurred to events the speaker imagines.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The poet wants people in Britain to:

• tell children that it is good to fight

• tell children that they must fight

• tell children that it is not always glorious to fight

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5