Art or Graffiti?

Vocabulary: Find the "odd one out"

There may be more than one answer. Give your reasons.

1. Choose the odd one(s) out.

contentious graffiti contemporary graffiti offensive graffiti

Your reason:

Possible answer: There is no single odd one out. All three are adjective + noun combinations that can describe graffiti. This is a deliberately open question, so your reason is important.

2. Choose the odd one out.

graffiti crews graffiti teams graffiti gangs

Your reason:

Possible answer: graffiti teams. Crew is a common term for a group of graffiti writers, while gang can suggest a more criminal or threatening group. Team is a more general term and is less characteristic of graffiti vocabulary.

3. Choose the odd one out.

graffiti taggers graffiti artists street artists

Your reason:

Possible answer: graffiti taggers. A tagger specifically makes tags, whereas graffiti artists and street artists are broader terms that can include people producing larger or more elaborate works.

4. Choose the odd one out.

street cleaners street wardens town centre ambassadors

Your reason:

Possible answer: street cleaners. Street wardens and town centre ambassadors may have a public-facing monitoring or assistance role, whereas street cleaners are primarily responsible for cleaning.

5. Choose the odd one(s) out.

aerosol art spray can art graffiti art

Your reason:

Possible answer: There is no single odd one out. All three can refer to art made using spray paint or associated with graffiti. However, graffiti art is the broadest expression.

6. Choose the odd one out.

to tackle graffiti to deter graffiti to report graffiti

Your reason:

Possible answer: to report graffiti. Tackle and deter describe attempts to deal with or prevent graffiti, whereas report means to inform an authority or organisation about it.

7. Choose the odd one out.

piece masterpiece tag

Your reason:

Possible answer: masterpiece. In graffiti vocabulary, a piece is a substantial graffiti artwork and a tag is a stylised signature. Masterpiece is a general art term rather than a specific graffiti term.

Remember: an odd-one-out exercise can have more than one defensible answer. Your explanation matters.