the main character of an epic whose heroic actions are central to his/her culture
What is Epic Hero?
100
the protagonist in Beowulf
Who is Beowulf?
100
A form of writing in which the author relates a personal event, incident or experience in his/her life
What is a personal narrative?
100
The first author to show that English could be a respectable literary language
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
100
The basketball team that won the NBA playoffs in 2008
What are the Celtics?
200
a recurring subject or theme in a literary work
What is Motif?
200
Beowulf came to save the Danes from this charachter.
Who is Grendel?
200
The first step in Process Writing
What is prewriting?
200
The king during Geoffrey Chaucer's time
Who is King Henry the 8th?
200
The capital of Oregon?
What is Salem?
300
A casual reference to something
What is allusion?
300
the idea that things will happen the way they are suppose to happen regardless of what you to do to change it
What is Fate?
300
The governmental system in medieval England.
What is fuedalism?
300
The passionate son of the Knight in the Prologue of The Canterbury Tales
Who is the Squire?
300
The 2nd president of the United States.
Who is John Adams?
400
the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression
What is Connotation?
400
the number of surviving manuscripts of Beowulf
What is one?
400
A spiritual way of life which has its roots in the ancient nature religions of the world.
What is Paganism
400
The group of people that left their homelands of northern Germany, Denmark, and Northern Holland in wooden boats
Who were the Anglo-Saxons?
400
The first woman primeminster of England
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
500
A term that describes the steps in writing a paper
What is Process writing?
500
The character that lent his sword to Beowulf to fight Grendel and the mother.
Who is Unferth?
500
By around 600 AD., these were the five main Anglo Saxon kingdoms:
What are Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, Kent, and Anglia.
500
Anyone who commits an act of remarkable bravery or who has shown an admirable quality, or who is someone who is admired for outstanding qualities or achievements.