Poetic Devices
"Grendel, gross and grim"
What is alliteration?
"Twice six feet tall"
Who is Grendel?
Two things Grendel's Mother takes from the hall
What are Grendel's arm and one of the warriors (Aeschere specifically)?
The reason the dragon begins his fiery rampage
What is a stranger stole from his lair?
Language Beowulf is written in.
What is Old English?
"Over the misty moor from the dark and dripping caves of his grim lair..."
"Over the misty moor to his gloomy home."
"Over the misty moor, under the dark vault of heaven..."
What is repetition?
Reasons Hrothgar gives his warriors rings
What is bravery and loyalty?
Place Grendel's Mother lives
What is in a den at the bottom of a lake?
Method in which the dragon ultimately kills Beowulf
What is he bites him with his teeth?
Beowulf is the first.
What is the first epic poem in the English language?
What is a simile?
How Beowulf defeats Grendel
What is he tears off his arm with his bare hands?
What is a sword forged by giants?
What Beowulf asks to be done after his death
What is burned his body and built up a monument there?
The two modern countries that make up the setting
What are Sweden and Denmark?
"torrents tumbling plunge headlong into the misty deep, the grumbling under-water."
What is assonance?
Name of Hrothgar's huge hall
What is Heorot?
Reasons Beowulf survives the battle
What are his mailcoat and God's grace/wisdom?
Number of years Beowulf ruled over Geatland
What is 50 years?
Form that tells a complete story from beginning to end.
What is a narrative poem?
"Hrothgar, King of the Danes," or "the joyous sun, bright candle of the world"
What is an epithet?
Years Grendel has attacked Hrothgar's people
Name of the sea Beowulf and his men cross to return home
What is the Baltic?
Name of the warrior who fights alongside Beowulf
Who is Wiglaf?
Century in which Beowulf was most likely written
What is the 8th century?