Literary Eras
Beowulf
Macbeth
Evolution of the
English Language
Literary Devices
100

Writers in this era were interested in breaking traditional forms.


What is the Modern Era?

100

A long narrative poem such as Beowulf.

What is an epic poem?

100
Macbeth takes place primarily here. 

What is Scotland?

100

Seamus Heaney and J.R.R Tolkien have both translated this language to Modern English.

What is Old English?

100

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

What is alliteration?

200
The idea of courtly love is expressed in the literature of this era.

What is the Medieval Era?

200

Hrothgar builds this in celebration of the Dane's victories.

What is Heorot?

200

Who says: "Lesser than Macbeth and greater. Not so happy, yet much happier. Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none"?

Who are the witches?

200

The language that the Romans brought to Britain.

What is Latin?

200

A two word poetic renaming of people, places, things.

What is a kenning?

300

Shakespeare wrote during this era.

What is Elizabethan Era (or the Renaissance)?
300

The name for the type of poet that would have recited Beowulf.

What is a scop?

300

This character says "why do you dress me in borrowed robes?"

Who is Macbeth?

300

This term is used to refer to the language of Chaucer.

What is Middle English?

300

A device used in the marketing of cars that draws on associated meanings of a word.

What is connotation?

400

The literature of this era often points out the artifice of fiction. 

What is the Postmodern Era?

400

These two religions or systems of faith are evident in the epic poem.

What are paganism and Christianity?

400

This character reads a letter aloud.

Who is Lady Macbeth?

400

The language used by the upper classes during Chaucer's time period.

What is Anglo-Norman (or what is French)?

400

Both a literary device and a concept in the field of psychology. 

What is stream of consciousness?

500

Mary Shelley wrote during this era.

What is the Romantic Era?

500

A rhythmic break in the middle of a line of an Anglo-Saxon epic poem.

What is caesura?

500

The title given to Macbeth by King Duncan.

What is Thane of Cawdor?

500

Influences of this language remain in modern English because of the Viking Invasions of Britain.

What is Old Norse?

500

The meter in which Shakespeare wrote.

What is iambic pentameter?

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