Y8 Homework due 6th June

What is a tyrant?

• Someone who has absolute power and uses it in a cruel or unfair way.

• Someone who is harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident or event.

• Someone who does or says things that are meant to upset someone.

​ (a)   describes someone who shows ​ (b)   and concern about the ​ (c)   or bad luck of other people.

• Compassionate
• pity
• suffering
• power

Match the following

• A political belief that all people are equal and workers should control the way things are produced.

• authority

• The power to make people agree with your opinions or do what you want.

• conflict

• A serious disagreement, battle or struggle between two sides or ideas.

• influence

• The power or right to give orders, make decisions and enforce obedience.

• communism

Describes someone who uses their power in a dishonest or illegal way in order to make life better for themselves.

• oppression

• conflict

• corrupt

• injustice

An ​ (a)   is a ​ (b)   , poem or picture with a ​ (c)   meaning.

• allegory
• story
• hidden
• pathos

Match the following

• callous

• The act of treating someone unfairly to benefit from their work.

• indoctrination

• The control or influence of someone or something unfairly.

• exploitation

• When people are taught to accept certain beliefs without question.

• manipulation

• When someone is cruel and does not care about other people.

Which word describes a piece of writing about issues in society?

• social inequality

• propaganda

• social commentary

• corruption

Which word describes the treatment of a group of people in an unfair way, often by limiting their freedom?

• oppression

• propaganda

• social commentary

• injustice

Which word describes a writer using something to represent a bigger idea?

• tyranny

• social commentary

• symbolism

• manipulation

​ (a)   is information which is often ​ (b)   , published to make people ​ (c)   with something or think in a certain way.

• Propaganda
• false
• agree
• authority