Vocabulary
This is a wry facial expression.
What is a grimace?
The setting of Beowulf is set in this region.
What is Scandinavia?
This is the monster that terrorized Herot for 12 years.
Who is Grendel?
This is the mortal injury that Beowulf inflicted on Grendel.
What is tearing/ripping off his arm?
This is another word for a very long poem.
What is an epic?
If our relationship ended this way, we are still friends.
What is amicable?
The author of Beowulf.
Who is unknown?
This character killed the king's best friend.
Who is Grendel's mother?
This is the weapon that Beowulf used to kill Grendel's mother.
What is a sword made by giants?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
You are this if you are being combative or aggressive.
What is belligerent?
Beowulf is this type of literature.
What is an epic poem?
King of the Danes
Who is Hrothgar?
These are the two things that Beowulf brought back with him from the Monsters' Lair.
What are Grendel's head and the sword forged by giants?
The author uses this biblical allusion to let the reader's know how evil Grendel is.
What is comparing Grendel to Cain?
The water is this if it is not hot, but also not cold.
What is tepid?
This is the original language in which Beowulf was written.
What is Old English?
King of the Geats and Beowulf's cousin
Who is Higlac?
This is who killed the dragon.
Who are Beowulf and Wiglaf?
Describing Beowulf as a "wakeful sleeper" is an example of this figure of speech.
What is an oxymoron?
You are this if you are extremely careful or particular about details.
What is meticulous?
Noble birth, unmatched physical strength, great warrior, vast traveler, cultural legend, humility, supernatural friends or foes
What are the characteristics of an epic hero?
Who is Wiglaf?
This was Beowulf's dying wish.
What is that the soldiers should build a tower to honor him?
Describing Grendel as "gruesome Grendel" is an example of this type of figure of speech.
What is alliteration?