Beowulf
What was the name of the monster in Beowulf?
Grendel
The opening scene to Macbeth tells the prophecies of which characters?
The 3 Witches
What is a frame story? (Ex. Canterbury Tales)
a story told within a story
This is a document that has the sum of all your experiences (Education/work/skills) that you use when applying to jobs or universities.
Resume
This is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named .
Onomatopoeia
Who was the father of Grendel?
King Hrothgar
This person planned the murder of King Duncan after hearing Macbeth's prophecies from the witches.
Lady Macbeth
What is a literary technique in which a storyteller gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story?
Foreshadowing
This is a document used to apply directly to a specific place of employment.
Job Application
True or false. It's raining cats and dogs is an example of an idiom.
True
What was Beowulf's biggest weakness, as portrayed in the movie?
Women
Macbeth was written mostly in Iambic Pentameter. What does the rhythm of iambic pentameter sound like?
What is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters? (Ex. Beowulf)
Epic Poem
This is a person who can speak to your qualities, characteristics, and capabilities to perform a particular job
Reference/ Recommender
Give one example of a hyperbole.
(Answers will vary) It must be an exaggeration.
Beowulf was written in this language which is a mix of Anglo-Saxon and Germanic Languages.
Old English
Shakespeare uses lots of blank verse. What is blank verse?
verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.
Satire offers political and _________ commentary, using exaggeration, irony, humor, allegory, and more to make a point.
social
This section of your resume gives a list of things that you are able to or know how to do.
Skills
This is the use of a sound repeated at the beginning of multiple words in a single line of poetry.
Alliteration.
This object is thrown at the feet of Hrothgar's men when Beowulf and his Thanes return from Grendel's Mother's Cave.
Grendel's Head
Macbeth had this person killed because he didn't want his children to be Kings
Banquo or his best friend
Canterbury Tales was written in what language, characteristic of Medieval English society?
Middle English
This goes at the top of your resume and is a summary of what you want to accomplish/do.
Objective
This is an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
Soliloquy