Art Vocab Review - ESL

If a work of art shows all the tiny parts (e.g. brush strokes, individual branches of a tree) very clearly, we would describe it as…

A piece that makes a viewer consider an issue more carefully could be described as…

• Thought-provoking

• Evocative

• Vivid

• Striking

If a narrative is “very exciting and impressive”, we might call it…

• STRIKING

• COLOURFUL

• VIVID

• DRAMATIC

If a work of art stands out, catches attention, or causes people to notice it, we could say that it is…

• STRIKING

• COLOURFUL

• VIVID

• DRAMATIC

If a work of art uses remarkably clear or bright colours, we could say the use of colour is…

• STRIKING

• COLOURFUL

• VIVID

• DRAMATIC

If a work of art uses a wide array of colours, we would say that it is…

• STRIKING

• COLOURFUL

• VIVID

• DRAMATIC

If someone says, “I don’t get it”…

• They don’t NEED it

• They don’t LIKE it

• They don’t UNDERSTAND it

• They don’t RECOMMEND it

If someone says, “It does nothing for me…”

• This is NOT something they like

• This is something they like

• This is something they do NOT recommend

• This is something unimpressive to them

If you say something is “well worth seeing”, you are…

• Impressed by it

• Recommending it

• Fond of it

• Interested in seeing it

“I was blown away by that play!” How could you say this another way?

• I was knocked over by that play!

• That play knocked the wind out of me!

• I was extremely impressed by that play!

• I do not recommend that play!