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100
Who is the Egyptian Pharaoh who is the subject of the traveler's tale?
The Egyptian Pharaoh is Ozymandias
100
How does the reader know the statue has been destroyed?
The traveler describes the two "legs of stone "with no torso
100
What does the statue symbolize?
The statue symbolizes the power and glory of the Pharaoh as crumbling
100
I met a traveler from an antique land
Metaphor
100
Define antique
1 antique furniture: old, antiquarian, collectable, old-fashioned. ANTONYMS modern, new. 2 statues of antique gods: ancient, of long ago; literary of yore. 3 antique work practices. See antiquated. ANTONYMS modern, current.
200
Name the person that assumes the role of auditor to the tale of the traveler.
The Narrator (the poet) assumes the role of auditor.
200
How does the reader know the size of the statue?
Nothing besides remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
200
What do the wrinkled lip and arrogant sneer of cold command symbolize?
The passion of the ruler for others to perform greater work than he did.
200
Two vast and trunkless legs cold command The hand the mock's them and the heart that fed. boundless and bare lone and level sands stretch ...
This is an example of alliteration ( Repitition of a Vowel Sound)
200
What is the meaning of "vast"?
huge, extensive, expansive, broad, wide, sweeping, boundless, immeasurable, limitless, infinite; enormous, immense, great, massive, colossal, tremendous, mighty, prodigious, gigantic, gargantuan, mammoth, monumental; giant, towering, mountainous, titanic, Brobdingnagian; informal jumbo, mega, monster, whopping, humongous, astronomical, ginormous. ANTONYMS tiny.
300
Who is the craftsman responsible for sculpting the statue?
The sculptor
300
What does the "dilapidated" state of the statue symbolize?
The erosive process, along with the destruction, falling of a King.
300
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed
Personification
300
What is the meaning of the word "visage" in the following stanza? Stand in the desert..Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command
a visage marked by years of depression: face, countenance, look, (facial) features, (facial) expression.
400
What is the name of the person from an ancient land who tells his tale to the narrator?
The Traveler
400
What is purpose of the traveler bringing our attention to the bareness of the desert, through extensive use of alliteration, "Boundless and bare," "lone and level", "sands stretch"...?
To indicate the statue wasn't always in the middle of no where. Probably, surrounded by temples and pyramids.
400
What did the inscription on the statue, "I am Ozymandias, king of kings", symbolize?
The inscription challenged other kings, pharaohs to perform greater works that he did.
400
On a plane trip, you notice the woman acorss the aisle is resetting her watch. What can you infer?
She was traveling somewhere that the time zone was different.
400
A "sneer" of cold command, can be referred to:
A proud look
500
Ozydmandias is another name for one of Egypt's famous ruler's. He was born in 1314 BC and ruled Egypt for 66 years as the third king of the Nineteenth Dynasty? What is his name?
Ramses was the warrior king and builder of statues, temples and other monuments.
500
At times people don't actually say what they mean rather they imply it. What does the word IMPLY mean
to express indirectly.
500
An animal is taken off the endangered species list. What can you infer?
It is not endangered any more.
500
Give an example of a antonym for the word "mocked"
Genuine