Exquisite corpse

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/exquisite-corpse

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the game type?Collaborative game for generating art or text through sequential, limited-visibility contributions
2. What is the originating art movement?Surrealism
3. How do people play the drawing version of Exquisite Corpse?In the drawing game, players fold a sheet of paper so that only the last line or shape made by the previous player is visible. The next player adds their part, then the paper is unfolded to reveal the whole picture.
4. Why do teachers use Exquisite Corpse in classrooms?Teachers use it to help students practice writing, drawing, and teamwork. It shows how stories and pictures can grow from small, secret pieces and encourages creative thinking.

Avant-garde: Innovative or experimental ideas, especially in the arts, that are ahead of their time.
Surrealism: A 20th-century art and literary movement that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind.
Juxtaposition: The act or instance of placing two or more things side by side, often to compare or contrast or to create an interesting effect.
Emergent Property: A property of a system that is more than the sum of its parts and cannot be predicted from the properties of the individual components.