Vocabulary
Ethos/Pathos/Logos
Rhetorical Triangle
Beowulf
Miscellaneous
100

A story with an unknown author is said to have been written by this:

What is anonymous?

100

Ethos/Pathos/Logos are three elements that make up this strategy in convincing others.

What is rhetoric?

100

This person on the rhetorical triangle is responsible for using Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in order to achieve/win an argument

Who is the speaker?

100

This is the name of the Hall where the Danes live and Beowulf "purges" evil from

What is Herot?

100

Biographies, encyclopedias, and textbooks are all examples of this kind of source.

What are Secondary Sources?

200

Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway are all countries making up this region of Europe and the setting for Beowulf.

What is Scandinavia?

200

Establishing credibility through connecting to an audience is known as appealing to this.

What is Ethos?
200

This group on the triangle is often swayed by means of Pathos - emotions over taking them.

Who is the audience?

200

This villain of Beowulf claimed only one victim being being defeated by the hero.

Who is Grendel's mother?

200
Thought to be a possession of the Bishop of Exeter, this book possessed several hundred poems with a great range of topics.

What is the Exeter Book?

300

A source where the creator has direct involvement in the incident.

What is a primary source?

300

In a rhetorical argument, accepting that there will be opposing points of view is known as using this form of strategy.

What is Logos?

300

My like a product, this element of the triangle is necessary for the speaker to connect to the audience.

What is the subject/object?

300

This brave Dane was the only one of his comrades to stick beside Beowulf in his final battle with the Dragon.

Who is Wiglaf?

300

This popular Chinese song was used as an example of how "The Seafarer's" themes/symbols still continue today.

What is 大海?

400
To cleanse or rid of something undesirable; Beowulf plans to do this to Evil in Herot

What is purge?

400

Playing on the fears of a particular group in order to gain a political advantage is known as using what?

What is Pathos?
400

The center of the triangle, though not explicitly stated is supposed to represent this part of the argument.

What is the medium?

400
"Writing wistful words for well-wishers waving" is just a short example of this poetic technique for memorization.

What is alliteration?

400

The poem "The Seafarer" is in a collection of poems called the Exeter Book known for these kinds of poems.

What is secular?

500

From the Latin word for "book," this list is found at the end of research papers.

What is a bibliography?

500

The words Ethos/Pathos/Logos come from this antiquated language.

What is Greek?

500

This philosopher created the triangle that consumed so much of our time.

Who is Aristotle?

500

This sword of Beowulf's was damaged in the Battle with Grendel's mother.

What is Hrunting?

500

Aesop's Fables often use animals to make larger points about life; following the model of this literary type.

What is an allegory?