There are seven periods in the Anglo-Saxon history. True or False?
False, there are six.
Ancient Times (before 5th century AD)
Middle Ages/Medieval Times (5th–15th century)
The Renaissance Period (1300s–1500s)
The Age of Enlightenment/Reason/ The Restoration (1685–1815)
The Romantic to Realistic Period (around 1770–1850)
The Modern to Contemporary Period (1900–Present)
What form of slavery is present during the Anglo Saxons period?
Slavery through the feudal system.
What is the meaning of Le Morte d’ Arthur?
The Death of Arthur
If you are teleported to the Anglo-Saxon era, how are you supposed to share your stories? What will the people during that time brand you?
Stories will be shared through oral tradition, and you will be branded as a scop.
William Shakespeare is one of the greatest poets who originated from what era?
The Renaissance Period
Considered to be the oldest surviving long poem in English literature.
Beowulf
During the American civil war, the Union won. True or False?
True, the Union is anti-slavery.
What poetic element is present in this statement?
Caesura, an audible pause between the lines.
The legends surrounding his origin and work say that he knew nothing of poetry and song. It was in a miraculous dream that an apparition taught him to sing in praise of the Lord’s creation.
The verses in his dream stayed with him, and thereafter he relayed his hymns and poems to the people of the monastery. Who is this person considered as the first English poet?
Caedmon
What is the name of this first bishop who converted the Saxons?
St. Augustine
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Beowulf: Aeschere
King Hygelac: ?
Queen Hygd
In the tongue twister Peter Piper, what poetic elements are present? Identify at least two.
Rhythm
Alliteration
Compounding
Create your own kenning for this term: teacher. (e.g. sun: ever-candle)
possible answers:
knowledge-bringer
mother-of-all-profession
"NOT in any wise would the earls’-defence suffer that slaughterous stranger to live,
useless deeming his days and years to men on earth."
This is an excerpt from the epic Beowulf. How many syllables are present in these lines?
32 syllables
The strongest king was known as the bretwolda, which meant ruler of all Britain. True or False?
False.
BretwAlda
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What do you think are the symbols for?
To show the rhythm and proper intonation of the poem.
What are the things that you need to remember if you want to be included in the Knights of the Round Table of King Arthur?
Honour, Honesty, Valour and Loyalty
In Christopher Marlowe's poem, "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love", to whom the piece is dedicated to?
A nymph, beautiful spirit of nature.
Joshua doesn't like cleaning his things and is 24/7 on his computer. Joshua is a couch potato. What is the meaning of the kenning couch potato?
Here the referent (a lazy person) is being compared to a potato (which is similar to the lazy person in its lack of movement), so "potato" is the base word. The noun "couch" describes what kind of potato it is (one that sits on a couch), so "couch" serves as the determinant.
Identify at least two poetic elements in this example.
Rhytm (us,s,us,s,us,s,us,s)
Alliteration
Compounding
Simile
Give at least three characteristics of an epic.
●The hero is a figure of national importance.
●The action involves a long and dangerous journey.
●The setting of an epic is large in scale.
●Supernatural beings and events play a role in epic affairs.
●The style of an epic is formal and grand.
●Epics assign short phrases to individual characters.
“In every cry of every man,
In every infant’s cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban,
The mind-forg’d manacles I hear”
What poetic structures are present in this example? Give at least two.
Repetition
Rhyme
Rhythm
Kenning
Give at least three genres during the Age of Enlightenment/Reason/ The Restoration.
●Comedy of manners
●Epic
●Play
●Essay
●Satire
●Novel