Vocab 1
Prosaic
lacking poetic beauty or unromantic
What four things classify as nouns?
Person, place, thing, or idea
How are book titles formatted within an essay (How do you write them?)?
Italicized
Who is Beowulf?
A Scandinavian warrior who comes to fight Grendel at the behest of King Hrothgar.
What are the Four runes from the Old English we talked about in class?
Ash, Thorn, Wynn, and Eth
Anecdote
a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
What are Verbs?
Actions: Physical, Mental, and States of Being
How do you write the title of a short story in MLA?
In Quotations
How does the epic Beowulf contemplate the idea of what it means to be a hero?
We see how age weakens both kings, we also see how greed impacts our 'hero'. Through these examples, the author explores the idea of humanity verses gods and where power comes from.
What categories of the English language were heavily impacted by the French? List at least two.
Military, Culinary/Food, Law, Church, Fashion, or Medicine
Impetuous
acting or done quickly and without thought or care.
What are the THREE different kinds of Common Nouns? Give me an example for each.
Concrete, Abstract, and Collective
Answers may vary. Examples below:
Concrete - Cheese
Abstract - Courage
Collective - Pack of Wolves
Which lines of poetry are formatted correctly? Why?
1. So Hrothgar's men lived happy in his hall
Till the monster stirred, that demon, that fiend,
Grendel, who haunted the moors, the wild
Marshes, and made his home in a hell (lines 15-18)
2. So Hrothergar's men lived happy in his hall/Till the monster stirred, that demon, that fiend,/Grendel, who haunted the moors, the wild/Marshes, and made his home in a hell (lines 15-18).
3. "So Hrothergar's men lived happy in his hall/Till the monster stirred, that demon, that fiend,/Grendel, who haunted the moors, the wild/Marshes, and made his home in a hell (lines 15-18)"
4."So Hrothergar's men lived happy in his hall/Till the monster stirred, that demon, that fiend,/Grendel, who haunted the moors, the wild/Marshes, and made his home in a hell" (lines 15-18).
Option One
When you have four or more lines of poetry OR literature, you put the lines into their original, published format.
Name one of The Canterbury Tales. Who wrote them? Why did this person write them?
What year did William the Conqueror come to take over England?
1066
Ephemeral
lasting for a very short time.
What is the difference between Regular and Irregular verbs? Give an example of a Regular and an Irregular verb.
Regular verbs have simple past tense (they use -ed as a suffix) while Irregular verbs do not follow standard conjugation rules (e.g. swam, ran, saw).
Which is the correct Formal citation?
1. Allen, Janet et. al. “Beowulf.” McDougal Littell Literature British Literature, translated by Burton Raffel, Houghton Mifflin, 2009, pp. 38–66.
2. Janet Allen, Beowulf. Houghton Mifflin, 2009.
3. Allen, Janet. "Beowulf". McDougal Littell, Burton Raffel, 2009.
4. None of the above
What is Chivalry and Courtly Love?
the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.
a highly conventionalized medieval tradition of love between a knight and a married noblewoman, first developed by the troubadours of southern France and extensively employed in European literature of the time. The love of the knight for his lady was regarded as an ennobling passion and the relationship was typically unconsummated.
What year (about) was the original Beowulf transcribed?
1000
Perfidious
deceitful and untrustworthy
What are the three types of phrases we discussed in our presentation "Writing in Complete Sentences"?
Prepositional, Appositive, and Verbal
For your bravery, you are awarded 1,000 points to distribute as you see fit to all groups.
If you only awarded to yourself, you keep 1/3. The rest will be distributed to the others. That is NOT very chivalrous!
If you chose to disperse evenly, +5 extra credit on your exams for knightly behavior!
Why didn't the Green Knight kill Gawain? Be specific.
Gawain demonstrated his honor and loyalty as a knight. He did this by showing up a year later for certain death, acting honorably with honesty about the interactions with the Lady of the castle, and his overall bravery in a dire situation.
Who was the Venerable Bede? How did he earn his title?
Responsible for much of the documented history of England.
Venerable because his work was well-researched and unbiased.