4.+Propaganda+and+Attitudes+to+War

(3 Lessons to complete these activities...)

Propaganda has been described as one of the factors that influenced Wilfred Owen to join the war. Investigating using the internet, complete the following activity in a word document, upload and link to your wikipage.

- What is the definition of propaganda? - Who is the intended audience of the posters above? - What message are these posters trying to send? Read the following poem //Anthem for Doomed Youth//

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(Remember to read the notes down the bottom of the page to help you better understand the poem...)

- What does Owen achieve by comparing the soldiers to cattle? - Can you find an example of alliteration used in the poem? What is the effect of this technique? (Check your glossary if you need help) - //Demented choirs of wailing shells// is an example of personification. What effect does this line have on the reader? What does it make you think? (Write your extended answers to these questions on your page or in a word document linked to your page...)

Now read the poem //Dulce et Decorum Est//

[|http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/owen1.html#Dulce%20et%20Decorum%20Est] (Remember to read the notes down the bottom of the page to help you better understand the poem...)

- Can you find an example of 3 simile's and 1 metaphor? (List the example and explain the effect of using these techniques) - What is this poem about? (Answer in at least 5 lines) (Write your extended answers to these questions on your page or in a word document linked to your page...)


 * Long Answer Questions: How does Wilfred Owen's attitude to war as represented in these poems, CONTRAST the message sent by the propaganda posters above?**

Extension Activity: Can you find an example of a propaganda poster from WW1? (Paste it into your word document.) What is it's message?