Beowulf for Beginners
Literary Terms Part One
Literary Terms Part Two
Name That Figurative Language
Name That Figurative Language
100
This literary term serves as a nickname that describes a character, place, object, or concept.
What is a kenning?
100
"Tres tristes tigres"
What is alliteration?
100
A play on words.
What is pun?
100
"The rustling leaves kept me awake."
What is onomatopoeia?
100
"I would have given anything for the power to soothe her frail soul, tormenting itself in its invincible ignorance like a small bird beating about the cruel wires of a cage."
What is simile?
200
The poet uses these literary terms in the opening line: "So. The Spear-Danes in days done by." (two answers)
What are alliteration and kenning?
200
When the plot moves backwards. A reminder of the past.
What is flashback?
200
When Mr. Harbin beats up a student with his pinky.
What is external conflict?
200
"Give me a break."
What is idiom?
200
"She is all states, and all princes, I."
What is a metaphor?
300
What is the name of the first king that the poet mentions in Beowulf?
Who is Shield Sheafson?
300
Hinting towards the future.
What is foreshadowing?
300
In this type of irony a character says one thing but means something else.
What is verbal irony?
300
"The iron gates looked down at them cruelly."
What is personification?
300
"This place is like a Garden of Eden." (two answers)
What is simile and allusion?
400
What is the name of the mead hall that Hrothgar builds?
What is Heorot?
400
Word Choice
What is diction?
400
Hinting towards the future.
What is foreshadowing?
400
"Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No. This my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red."
What is hyperbole?
400
"Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate! O anything, of nothing first create! O heavy lightness! Serious vanity! Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, that is not what it is! This love feel I, that feel no love in this."
What is oxymoron?
500
What is the name of the monster that terrorizes Hrothgar's mead hall?
Who is Grendel?
500
In this type of irony, both the characters and the audience are surprised.
What is situational irony?
500
In this type of irony only the characters are surprised.
What is dramatic irony?
500
"I'd tell you a chemistry joke, but I know I wouldn't get a reaction."
What is a pun?
500
"I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain."
What is understatement?