This hyphenated, compound phrase is used in place of a metaphor to describe an object. Examples of it are found throughout Beowulf.
What is a kenning?
100
The Green Knight swings his ax at Sir Gawain's neck this many times.
What is three?
100
Le Morte d'Arthur is this type of story--a traditional tale loosely based on history.
What is a legend?
200
It is a short poem in which the poet, the poet’s persona, or another speaker expresses personal feelings.
What is a lyric poem?
200
Beowulf uses this to kill Grendel
What is his bare hands?
200
It is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea--often taken from biblical, mythological or literary sources.
What is an allusion?
200
This amount of time passes between Sir Gawain and the Green Knights meetings.
What is one year?
200
This item, given to King Arthur, possesses magical qualities that keep the wearer from bleeding.
What is a scabbard?
300
This is the form that Beowulf is written in.
What is alliterative verse?
300
Beowulf finds Grendel's corpse here.
What is at the bottom of the lake, in Grendel's mother's lair?
300
This is a strong pause found within a line of poetry.
What is a caesura?
300
The Green Knight says of this character that his "praises are sung so far and wide..."
Who is King Arthur?
300
This is the name of the knight who first jousts with King Pellinore.
What is Sir Gryfflette?
400
It is a mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead
What is an elegy?
400
After his first victory against Grendel, Beowulf takes this from him as a trophy.
What is Grendel's arm?
400
Examples of this include "Alexander the Great" and "star-crossed lovers."
What is an epithet?
400
This is Sir Gawain's relationship to King Arthur.
What is King Arthur's nephew?
400
This author wrote Le Morte d'Arthur while in jail.
Who is Sir Thomas Malory?
500
This type of narrative poem was typically passed down orally from generation to generation, and was put to music. Sir Patrick Spens and the Wife of Usher's Well are examples.
What is the folk ballad?
500
Beowulf uses this to kill Grendel's mother.
What is an enormous sword, made for giants, found on the wall in her lair?
500
These are the five types of indirect characterization, signified by the acronym S.T.E.A.L.
What is Speech, Thoughts, Effect on Others, Actions, Looks?
500
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is written in this verse form, the same that can be found in Beowulf.
What is alliterative verse?
500
These are three characteristics of a medieval romance.
What is (choose three): 1)idealizes chivalry; 2)idealizes the hero-knight; 3) uses suspense; 4)uses concealed or disguised identity; 5)uses supernatural elements