Considering the relationship between the poetry of WW1 and the context | English

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Putting a quotation inside your own sentence, rather than putting it in the middle of a page and then commenting on it, is known as ______ it.
- 'embedding' ✓
Who were Germany's allies during WW1?
- Russia
- Britain
- Ottoman Empire ✓
- Austria-Hungary ✓
What is the literary technique called where the weather reflects the mood?
- Pathetic fallacy ✓
- Anaphora
- Enjambment
- Cyclical structure
Which of the following is a metaphor?
- Juliet is the sun. ✓
- Your eyes are like stars.
- Your eyes dance in the moonlight.
Which of the following is an example of utilising a caesura?
- 'In Flanders fields the poppies blow'
- 'We are the Dead. Short days ago' ✓
- 'Scarce heard amid the guns below.'
Which of the following is WW1 also known as?
- The Worst War
- The Great War ✓
- The Best War
- The Only War

A group of countries ruled by a single person, government or country is known as an ______.
- 'Empire' ✓
How many soldiers from the British Empire died in WW1 in total?
- 500,000
- 1 million
- 8.5 million ✓
- 100 million
Roughly, how many poems were written about WW1?
- Around 20
- Around 2,000 ✓
- Around 2 million
How would men have likely felt in the trenches?
- Safe
- Tense ✓
- Uncomfortable ✓
- Content
Which of the following are potential reasons for the government censoring soldiers' letters?
- They contained profanity
- They might have contained military secrets ✓
- They might have hurt morale in England ✓
- They might have contained explicit material
What does it mean to be provocative?
- To cause embarrassment
- To only cause anger
- To cause a strong emotion ✓

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Men from every part of the British Empire fought in the war.
War poetry is not exclusively written by those who fought during a war.
During the First World War, governments relied on patriotism and propaganda to get people to enlist.
Conditions for soldiers during the war were extremely gruelling and taxed them physically, mentally and emotionally.

That only men from England fought for Britain.

Men from all over the British Empire fought for Britain.

Patriotic - Being patriotic means showing love and support for your country.
Empire - An Empire is a group of countries ruled by a single person, government or country, e.g. The Roman Empire.
Propaganda - Propaganda is information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
Censorship - The act of preventing something from being seen or made available to the public for political reasons is known as censorship.
Provocative - Something provocative is deliberately designed to cause anger or another strong emotion.