Literary Terms
Long narrative poem, story is quite simple.
What is an Epic?
The "two swords of God" maintaining order in society.
An epic poem that is the earliest story written in English.
What is Beowulf?
Fought a monster and it's mother.
Who is Beowulf?
The style in which Shakespeare wrote.
What is Iambic Pentameter?
The repetition of stressed sounds, particularly consonants from the beginning of words.
What is Alliteration?
Recognized as the first king of the whole country of England.
Who is Alfred the Great?
A gathering of the main bodies of legends of King Arthur into one narrative.
What is Le Morte d'Arthur?
A man stranded on an island with his daughter.
Who is Prospero?
A specific type of poem that consists of 14 lines written in iambic pentameter.
What is a sonnet?
Poetic rhyming technique in which the first 8 lines are written in iambic pentameter, the ninth is iambic hexameter.
What is Spenserian Stanza?
He brought Christianity to England.
Who is St. Augustine of Canterbury?
A collection of stories using allegory, epithets, and alliteration to illustrate how a virtuous man should live.
What is The Faerie Queen
The monster who attacks Hrothgars kingdom; Beowulf rips his arm off, killing him.
Who is Grendel?
The act in a Shakespeare play where the consequences of the climax unfold, often with a sense of decline.
What is Act 4: Falling Action?
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
What is an Allegory?
Means rebirth; describes a renewed interest in the classics and the Graeco-Roman culture.
What is the Renaissance?
Narrative poem, divided into four parts, intended to teach the virtues of chivalry and knighthood.
What is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?
Impish spirit who is enslaved on an island.
Name any common phrase we say that came from Shakespeare.
Answers will vary.
Descriptive phrase or adjective that highlights a characteristic or quality of a person or thing.
What is an Epithet?
The height of English Renaissance; a time of relative peace, wealth, and a sense of nationalism in England.
What is the Elizabethan Era?
The most important primary source of English history.
What is Venerable Bede's "Ecclesial History of the British Nation?"
Character meant to represent Queen Elizabeth.
Who is the Fairie Queen?
The number of plays Shakespeare wrote.
What is 38?