Lit Terms
Lit Terms Cont.
History
Selections
Selections
100
A long, narrative poem
What is an epic?
100
repetition of intitial consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
100
The first settlers of Britannia were collectively called this
Who are Celts?
100
From whom Grendel descended
Who is Cain?
100
The original Thane of Cawdor was executed for this crime
What is treason?
200
A lyric poem mourning the loss of someone or something
What is an elegy?
200
A hero's weakness?
What is a tragic flaw?
200
He was Great
Who is Alfred the Great?
200
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Morte d'Arthur are both examples of this type of legend
What is an Arthurian Legend?
200
Duncan names this person heir to the throne in Act I
Who is Malcolm?
300
Two-word poetic renaming of something (from Anglo-Saxon period)
What is a kenning or what are kennings?
300
Confronting one's limitations is a noble way
What is tragic impulse?
300
He was the last A.S. king, and his death led to the battle of Hastings
Who was Edward the Confessor?
300
A Man For All Seasons was a play about Henry VIII and this other guy
Who is Thomas More?
300
The theme of "To His Coy Mistress" and "To the Virgins"
What is carpe diem?
400
Images or statements that seem contradictory but ultimately make sense
What is a paradox?
400
Anonymous traditional stories about the past
What is a legend?
400
He signed the Magna Carta
Who is King John?
400
At the beginning of the play Macbeth, Scotland is at war with this country
What is Norway?
400
These were poems written about a simple life in the country
What are pastoral poems?
500
An extended comparison that links unrelated objects
What is a conceit?
500
Adventure stories that feature kings, knights, and damsels in distress
What is a Medieval Romance?
500
1485-1625
What is the Elizabethan era?
500
Killed in Canterbury for opposing the king
Who is Thomas a' Becket?
500
This is Satan's ultimate revenge against God according to Milton's Paradise Lost
What is causing the fall of man?
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