The Life of the Anglo Saxons
Literary Terms
Beowulf's Battle with Grendel
Beowulf's Battle with Grendel's Mother
Miscellaneous
100
The years of the Anglo-Saxon time period
What is 449-1066
100
A repetition of consonant sound
What is alliteration?
100
The name of the hall where the battle takes place
What is Herot?
100
Where Grendel's mother lives
What is at the bottom of the lake?
100
King Hrothgar is the King of this country
What is Denmark?
200
The peoples who lived in Great Britain before the A-S invasion (2 groups)
Who are the Celts and the Romans
200
A compound expression used in place of a noun
What is a kenning?
200
Beowulf must use this to kill Grendel
What are his bare hands?
200
Piece of Beowulf's armor that saves his life while fighting Grendel's mother
What is his chain mail?
200
Beowulf is from this country
What is Geatland?
300
The A-S word "wyrd" means this
What is fate?
300
A very typical example of a certain person or thing repeated throughout literature
What is an archetype?
300
Beowulf hangs this from the rafters of Herot
What is Grendel's arm?
300
Beowulf uses this to defeat Grendel's mother (be specific)
What is a magical sword made by giants he found in her lair?
300
Celtic priests were called this
Who are the Druids
400
The religion of the Celts
What is Animism?
400
An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
What is an epithet?
400
This is how long Grendel has been attacking the Danes
What is 12 years?
400
Grendel's mother's lair is symbollic of this location (how can you tell?)
What is Hell? Because of the heat of the water and the fiery landscape?
400
The Romans left in this year and for this reason (2 responses)
What is 409 and because of overexpansion of the Roman Empire?
500
Were the keepers of the oral tradition because few could read or write.
Who are the bards/scops?
500
A character set off by another character by strong contrast
What is a foil?
500
This is why Beowulf cannot use a sword against Grendel
What is because Grendel had cast a spell to make mortal weapons useless (or because Beowulf had boasted that he would do it without a weapon)?
500
This happens after he kills Grendel's Mother
What is he finds Grendel's body and cuts off its head?
500
An epic is this
What is a long narrative poem?
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