Anglo-Saxons
Literary Terms
Characters
The Epic Hero
Rhyme Time
100
The Anglo-Saxon era is also called this.
What is the Dark Ages?
100
This is the repetition of consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
100
This is the title character.
Who is Beowulf?
100
An epic hero always participates in this through dangerous places.
What is a long journey or quest?
100
Roses are red; violets are blue. Beowulf kills Grendel and his ______________ too.
What is mother?
200
This group migrated to Britain before being invaded by the Romans and then the Anglo-Saxons.
Who are the Celts?
200
Two examples of this are Guardian of Crime and also Protector of People.
What are kennings?
200
This is Beowulf's first victim in the epic.
Who is Grendel?
200
The epic hero sometimes performs courageous or this kind of deeds.
What is superhuman?
200
I speak on my computer; I speak on my phone. Epics like Beowulf have a serious _____________.
What is tone?
300
This rock monument still stands in Britain today.
What is Stonehenge?
300
This is a rhytmic pause that divides a line of poetry into two balanced parts.
What is a caesura?
300
This is the Danish king Beowulf travels to help.
Who is King Hrothgar?
300
Our epic hero Beowulf is part of this ethnic group.
Who are the geats?
300
Grendel has size, but Beowulf has brains. That's why he's able, to go save the ______________.
What is Danes?
400
The island of Britain is named after this tribal group of Celts.
Who are the Brythons?
400
'Good overcomes evil' is an example of this type of theme.
What is a universal theme?
400
This is the only brave soldier who fights with Beowulf in the end.
Who is Wiglaf?
400
The epic hero usually reflects the _______ of his society.
What are values?
400
Hrothgar had faith; Hrothgar had hope. The original epics were performed by a ______________.
What is a scop? (shope)
500
This ruler was the last Anglo-Saxon king who was then defeated by the French invader, William the Conqueror.
Who is King Harold?
500
The reference to the Cain and Abel story in the epic Beowulf is an example of this.
What is a Biblical allusion?
500
This is Beowulf's father.
Who is Edgetho?
500
An epic hero usually has a _____________ that only he can use.
What is weapon?
500
Charlie Sheen is losing; Charlie Sheen is winning. Instead of calling him by name, we should think of a _______________.
What is kenning?
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