Beowulf
This hero travels to help King Hrothgar
This device hints at things that will occur later in the story.
Foreshadowing
Words that describe a sweet taste appeal to this sense.
gustatory imagery
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea
noun
This part of speech describes a noun or pronoun.
Adjective
This is the name of Hrothgar's great mead hall.
Heorot
This term describes an author's specific word choice.
Diction
The phrase, "the bells rang loudly", appealed to this sense.
Auditory imagery
The warrior attacked the fortress. Identify the verb and the verb type.
attacked, transitive
This part of speech modifies a verb, adverb, or adjective.
adverb
This monster attacks Heorot in the cover of darkness.
Grendel
epithet
The repetition of initial consonant sounds, such as "wild winds whistle", is an example of this device.
Alliteration
The pack of wolves traveled through the forest. What type of noun is the word 'pack'?
collective
The fierce dragon roared loudly. Identify the adjective and adverb.
adjective - fierce
adverb - loudly
Beowulf's decision to fight Grendel relying on weapons demonstrates this trait.
courage or confidence
This poetic device creates a pause or break within the line of poetry.
Caesura
The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words, as in "slow road", in this device.
Assonance
The exhausted king collapsed. Identify the verb and verb type.
collapsed, intransitive
The extremely brave warrior fought courageously.
What part of speech is extremely? What word is it modifying?
adverb - modifying the word brave (adjective)
Beowulf's direct battle against Grendel is an example of this broad conflict type.
character vs. character
This figurative compound expression, such a "whale-road", replaces a familiar noun with a descriptive expression
Kenning
The repetition of consonant sounds within or at the ends of nearby words in this device.
Consonance
The king declared the battle a victory. Identify the verb and verb type.
declared, transitive
The unusually quiet student answered surprisingly quickly. What part of speech is the word surprisingly? What word is it modifying?
surprisingly - adverb
It is modifying quickly, another adverb