Beowulf
Macbeth
Vocabulary
Career
Figurative Language
100

What was the name of the monster in Beowulf?

Grendel

100

The opening scene to Macbeth tells the prophecies of which characters?

The 3 Witches

100

What is a frame story? (Ex. Canterbury Tales)

a story told within a story

100

This is a document that has the sum of all your experiences (Education/work/skills) that you use when applying to jobs or universities. 

Resume

100

This is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named .

Onomatopoeia

200

Who was the father of Grendel?

King Hrothgar

200

This person planned the murder of King Duncan after hearing Macbeth's prophecies from the witches. 

Lady Macbeth

200

What is a literary technique in which a storyteller gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story?

Foreshadowing

200

This is a document used to apply directly to a specific place of employment. 

Job Application

200

True or false. It's raining cats and dogs is an example of an idiom.

True

300

What was Beowulf's biggest weakness, as portrayed in the movie?

Women

300

Macbeth was written mostly in Iambic Pentameter. What does the rhythm of iambic pentameter sound like?

A heartbeat
300

What is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters? (Ex. Beowulf)

Epic Poem

300

This is a person who can speak to your qualities, characteristics, and capabilities to perform a particular job

Reference/ Recommender

300

Give one example of a hyperbole.

(Answers will vary) It must be an exaggeration.

400

Beowulf was written in this language which is a mix of Anglo-Saxon and Germanic Languages.

Old English

400

Shakespeare uses lots of blank verse. What is blank verse?

verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.

400

Satire offers political and _________ commentary, using exaggeration, irony, humor, allegory, and more to make a point.

social

400

This section of your resume gives a list of things that you are able to or know how to do.

Skills

400

This is the use of a sound repeated at the beginning of multiple words in a single line of poetry. 

Alliteration.

500

This object is thrown at the feet of Hrothgar's men when Beowulf and his Thanes return from Grendel's Mother's Cave. 

Grendel's Head

500

Macbeth had this person killed because he didn't want his children to be Kings

Banquo or his best friend

500

Canterbury Tales was written in what language, characteristic of Medieval English society?

Middle English

500

This goes at the top of your resume and is a summary of what you want to accomplish/do. 

Objective

500

This is an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. 

Soliloquy