Gr.10 Literature

Question 1

What does Dulce et Decorum Est mean?

Answer 1

It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country.

Question 2

What is the allegory of a poem?

Answer 2

The hidden meaning/ moral.

Question 3

Explain the metaphor:

“Let us burn our uniforms of old scars and grievances”

Answer 3

Uniforms with old traditions

Question 4

How is “taken for a ride” a pun?

Answer 4

1. To be a passenger in a vehicle

2. To be tricked

Question 5

Why is “cue” in “Taken for a ride” a metaphor?

Answer 5

Street scene with theatrical scene

Question 6

What do you call it when two things seem to contradict?

Answer 6

Paradox

Question 7

What is a cipher?

Answer 7

A number (0/ nothing)

Question 8

What is Albert Street?

Answer 8

Where people are registered

Question 9

What is a word for sarcasm/ exaggeration?

Answer 9

Hyperbole

Question 10

What does sadistic mean?

Answer 10

To enjoy inflicting pain

Question 11

What does dun mean?

Answer 11

Dull

Question 12

What does damask’d mean?

Answer 12

Light red/ velvety pink

Question 13

What does belied mean?

Answer 13

Contradicted

Question 14

What does notion mean?

Answer 14

Idea