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Anglo Saxon Culture
Literary Terms
Medieval Culture
Beowulf
Grammar
100
They were the storytellers that immortalized heroes in song.
What is Scops
100
Whale-road, cancer-stick, raven-harvest are forms of this type of literary device.
What is a Kenning?
100
It was an inventory of nearly every piece of property in England.
What is the Domesday Book
100
Beowulf is an example of this type of poetry.
What is the epic ballad.
100
Impassioned, enthusiastic is either vehement or assail.
What is vehement.
200
Wyrd is the Anglo-Saxon concept also known as a predetermined course of events
What is fate?
200
Beowulf bode in the burg of the Scyldings is an example of this poetic device.
What is alliteration
200
It was a social system, caste system, property system and military system that replaced the old Nordic social structure in England.
What is feudalism.
200
The setting where Beowulf kills Grendel.
What is Denmark.
200
Violent attack is either extol or assail.
What is a assail.
300
This ancient religion believed that non-human entities were spiritual beings.
What is animism.
300
The Jester, Warrior, and creation myth are examples of this universal idea.
What is an archetype?
300
This was a system of ideals and social codes governing the behavior of knights and gentlewomen.
What is chivalry.
300
The protagonist of Beowulf?
What is Beowulf.
300
Extravagant is either assail or lavish.
What is lavish.
400
The place Vikings gathered for kinship.
What is a mead hall.
400
He will always love Susan; she will never love Tom is an example of this type of narration.
What is third person point-of-view.
400
The central idea to chivalry, this was the idea that adoring a lady would make a knight braver and nobler.
What is courtly love.
400
Unferth is an example of this type of character.
What is a foil.
400
A clause made up of a subject and a predicate
What is an independent clause.
500
This Celtic priest was a conduit between humans and spirits.
What is a Druid.
500
The character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist)
What is a foil.
500
A song like poem with ABAB rhyme scheme and supernatural, tragic and sensationalistic subject matter.
What is a ballad.
500
According to Beowulf this is the best type of justice.
What is revenge.
500
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What is a semicolon.