WorksheetsGraffiti Vocabulary Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 4mins
What is a graffiti tag?
a small picture
a signature
a series of paintings
Which ancient civilization has evidence of graffiti?
Greek
Egyptian
Aztec
All of them
What is graffiti art?
Graffiti art is art and vandalism.
Graffiti is a form of artistic expression.
Graffiti art is often seen in urban settings but many graffiti artists have their works in galleries as well.
All of the above!
In graffiti terms, what is "throw up" or "throwie?
To barf on your work because you aren't happy with it.
To put up graffiti work as fast as you possibly can.
A slightly more elaborate tag - usually quick bubble or block lettering.
What does it mean to bomb in graffiti?
To fail at creating a piece that you worked hard to plan.
The physical act of going out to cover a surface with graffiti art.
To cover up another graffiti artists work with your own.
To wow other graffiti artists, or "blow them out of the water!"
In the graffiti world, where is the best place to make work so that the largest amount of people see it?
Large walls.
Subways and trains because they travel large distances.
High up places.
Neighborhood fences.
Graffiti artists often prefer to be called writers.
True
False
A large scale, labor intensive work of graffiti often using complex lettering, images and multiples colors is called a .......
Tag
Piece
Bomb
Throwie
A popular type of graffiti lettering using complex, interlocking letters is called.....
Wildstyle
Throwie
Piece
Graffiti writers often work in groups called......
Writers
Gangs
Crews
Bombers
Going over, in Graffiti terms, means to ........
Cover another graffiti artists work with your own.
Completely remove another graffiti artists work.
Correcting or altering a graffiti writers work.
Tagging another writers work as your own.
To completely remove graffiti art from a surface is called.....
Erasing
Buffing
Going over
Tagging
