Vocabulary
A stock of money or valued objects, typically guarded
Hoards
Macbeth's "dagger speech" is an example of this
soliloquy
This is the language Beowulf was written in.
Old English
This is what language Chaucer writes in
Middle English
This is the witches prediction for Macbeth and Banquo
Macbeth will be thane of chawdor, then king. Banquo's son's will be king.
a descriptive phrase (another name) for a person or thing
epithets
Give one example of a simile, and one of a metaphor
comparison using "like" or "as" and just a comparison
This is how many years Beowulf was king.
50
These are the three estates
Those who pray, those who fight, everyone else
This is who makes the plan to kill Duncan, and this is who actually kills him
Lady Macbeth; Macbeth
draw or pull out a weapon from its covering
unsheathed
A poem that uses 14 lines and uses iambic pentameter is this
sonnet
This is a literary device found in Beowulf. Examples include: "sky-candle," "ring-giver," and "whale-road"
kenning
This is the main message of the Pardoner's Tale
greed is the root of all evil; do not be greedy
Macbeth cannot say this word
Amen
brisk and cheerful readiness
alacrity
List the three types of irony and give an example of one
dramatic, situational, verbal (with example)
This is how Grendel's mother dies and where
Beowulf kills her by swimming to her swamp lair. He kills her with a sword.
The Canterbury Tales is this kind of story
a frame tale
This is what Macbeth is most afraid of before killing Duncan.
Being a bad host
famous and respected within a particular sphere or profession; used to emphasize positive qualities
eminent
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair" is an example of this
chiasmus
his arm, her head
Name one character from the general prologue and explain how they are ironic
teacher's choice
This is who knows about the plan to murder Banquo.
Macbeth / murderers