Anglo-Saxon Period
Medieval Period
Plots/Themes
Quotes
Literature Terms
100
The first type of literature of the Anglo-Saxon period
What is poetry?
100
the year the Medieval period began
What is 1066?
100
the oldest surviving epic
What is Beowulf?
100
"Revenge is more goodly than grieving. Let us follow."
What is Beowulf?
100
repetition of the same initial consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
200
a pause or a break in anglo-saxon line of poetry
What is a caesura?
200
The king who invaded England to begin the Medieval Period
Who is William the Conqueror?
200
Beowulf's three adversaries
What are Grendel, Grendel's Mother, and the dragon?
200
"O Death, Thou comest when I had thee least in mind."
What is "Everyman"?
200
the type of play that deals with Biblical subjects
What is a mystery play?
300
An Anglo-Saxon poet (the one who originated the poem)
What is a scop?
300
The two languages the literature was written in after the Normans invaded England
What are French and Latin?
300
The number of pilgrims traveling together in The Canterbury Tales
What is 30?
300
"Let each of us hold up his hand to the other / And each of us become his fellow's brother. / We'll slay this Death, who slaughters and betrays."
What is "The Pardoner's Tale"?
300
a short, narrative folk song which tells of a single event in an objective manner
What is a ballad?
400
a strong metaphorical expression that combines two words (example: whale-road = sea)
What is a kenning?
400
The inventor of the first printing press
Who is William Caxton?
400
This character agrees to help Everyman into the afterlife
Who is Good-deeds?
400
"Take thy way to the Green Chapel, I charge thee, to get such a blow deservedly as thou hast dealt, to be yielded thee promptly next New Year's Morn."
What is "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"?
400
a short tale or anecdote told to teach a lesson
What is an exemplum?
500
Three of the five characteristics of Anglo-Saxon poetry
What are love of freedom, responsiveness to nature, strong religious convictions, reverence for womanhood, or devotion to glory
500
the other two literary genres (besides Romance) that were developed during the Medieval period
What are the lyric and drama?
500
the name of the man who died because of his unrequited love for Barbara Allen
Who is Sir John Graeme?
500
"We are now to praise the Maker of the heavenly kingdom, the power of the Creator and his counsel, the deeds of the Father of glory."
What is "Ecclesiastical History of the English People"?
500
a song celebrating the coming of spring
What is a reverdie?
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