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According to the dictionary (and reprinted in Skeleton Notes poetry packet), poetry is a rhythmical composition of words expressing an attitude, designed to surprise and delight, and to arouse an emotional response.

Adolf Hitler, the head of state in Nazi Germany, ordered the systematic killing of an estimated 17 million citizens, including 6 million Jewish people. This is an example of __________.

Each U.S. soldier who sued the American government after being exposed to Agent Orange was awarded __________.

A(n) __________ is a competition between nations to develop and produce new weapons and outmatch one another’s war capabilities.

Among the top 10 countries that spend the most on their militaries, which country spends the least (per capita)?

In the poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes, we find proper nouns naming important rivers. When poets like Hughes reference other places in that way, they are including ______ in their poetry.

Substances that are derived from living things are called __________.

Che supports the idea of a scaled-back society. As such, he is a(n) __________.

The environmental party in Germany is known as the __________.

A highly educated nation ___________.