Beowulf
Vocab
Chaucer
1984
Grammar
100
Great Geat from Sweden
What is Beowulf
100
Main character in a story whose opposing forces can be him/herself, another character, nature, and/or society.
What is Protagonist
100
What is the name of the story we read by Geoffrey Chaucer?
What is The Canterbury Tales.
100

What is the name of the omnipresent figurehead of the Party?

Who is Big Brother?

100

What punctuation is used in coordinating adjectives?

A comma

200

Grendel was said to have come from sin. What literary device is this?

What is an allusion to Cane and Abel?

200

A two-worded way to describe a character. Ex, she wolf.

What is a kenning.

200
Who was the man killed in the Canterbury Cathedral by King Henry II's men for defending the rights of the English Church?
What is Thomas A. Becket
200

What are the three slogans of the Party?

What are “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength”?

200

Fix the comma splice: “He finished the essay, he turned it in late.

What is “He finished the essay, but he turned it in late”?

300

Since the monsters could not be killed by man made weapons how was Beowulf successful in killing Grendel and his mother?

What is he fought Grendel with his bare hands and ripped his arm off causing him to bleed to death. He killed Grendel's mom with a sword.

300
The use of someone else's ideas, word choice and material, without citing the source.
What is plagiarism
300

What is Chaucer's tone in Canterbury Tales?

What is satirical and humorous?

300

What organization is responsible for punishing thoughtcrime?

What is the thought police?

300

Fix this sentence with parallel structure: “She likes dancing, to sing, and playing guitar.”

She likes dancing, singing, and playing guitar.

400

Who wrote Beowulf?

Who is an unknown author? 

400

What is the name of a sad, mournful poem, specifically written in Anglo-Saxon times?

What is an elegy?

400

How does the knight in Canterbury Tales reflect the theme of honor?

Chivalry

400

What is the ironic function of the Ministry of Love?

What is it administers torture and punishment?

400

I am going to use (yours, your's).

Yours

500

What is a theme that Beowulf centers around? 

What is honor or legacy/fame?

500
Mental images that are created by an author to help readers visualize characters or events in literature.
What is imagery.
500
What reason were all the characters in the Canterbury Tales traveling to London.
What is a pilgrimage.
500

What device constantly watches citizens in their homes and workplaces?

What is a telescreen?

500

Does this sentence use the subjunctive mood correctly? “If I were rich, I would travel”?

Yes