Poetry
What is alliteration?
What is a literary device were 2 or more words repeat the same initial word's consonant?
What vocal technique is used to memorize stories quickly.
What is riddles?
Used this physical technique to aristocrats to enhance the feasts while telling stories.
What is music?
What were the Scops not able to do that made them memorize their stories?
What is not being able to read and write?
What does boasting actually mean in Anglo-Saxon culture?
What is the word pride?
What is meter?
What is a regular rhythmic pattern with syllables in poetry?
What vocal technique is used to make stories have a pace and beat.
What is rhymes?
What do they do in banquets to attract attention that lets others see him.
How did they prepare for telling their stories?
What is making them up on the spot?
How was boasting portrayed in Anglo-Saxon culture?
What is taking boasting very seriously.
What type of characters did the Anglo-Saxons use to make their stories more exciting.
What are ancient gods?
What do they do to their voices to gain more attention and be heard.
What is speaking louder?
This artifact was found in an anglo-saxon tribe and enhanced the story telling through music.
What is a harp?
What was the Scop's relation to literacy?
What is using the language as a job for entertainment?
How would those who are true to the act of boasting differ from those who aren’t?
What is treatment based upon the performance?
What was their poetry like in terms of feeling?
What is a dramatic and passionate feeling?
What Anglo-Saxon vocal device did they use to create suspense in their stories?
What is a caesura (dramatic pause)?
What tactic is used for making beats in the crowd?
What is making people clapped, stomped their feet, and hit their chair to make beats with the poems?
What is a metaphorical compound phrase used by Scops?
What is kenning?
What did Beowulf’s boasting actually represent?
What is the conception of Beowulf's pride?
What are the main differences between modern poetry and traditional poetry?
What is modern poetry has references to others and traditional has unique and more symbolism?
What 2 vocal techniques did the Scops use for storytelling?
What is vowel alteration and stress timing?
During the poems what did the Scops do to keep the crowd with them?
What is yhey acted out the weapon positions and just tried to act out the scene in general?
What is a form of ironic or dramatic effect used by Scops?
What is litotes?
Throughout Old English poetry, what parts of life can be associated with boasting?
What is the act of boasting can be described in these poems as something that gives value to the greatest parts of life?