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Literary Techniques
Vocab
Monsters
Pesky Plot Details
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A hero who is really EPIC
Who is Beowulf?
100
Mankind's Enemy and Battle Dew are examples of this Anglo-Saxon literary technique
What is a kenning?
100
Synonyms or Antonyms? lair/hideout talon/claw
What are synonyms?
100
Descended from Cain, this sin-stained demon lost his arm to Beowulf.
Who is Grendel?
100
What two things does Beowulf bring back from the lake after his battle with Grendel's mother?
What are 1) hilt of a sword and 2) Grendel's head?
200
The aging Danish king whose mead-hall has been attacked by a terrible monster
Who is Hrothgar?
200
What technique is found in this line? By morning the monster's mind was hot
What is alliteration?
200
This word can mean discolored by a bruise or also angry.
What is livid?
200
An evil she-witch who wanted to avenge her son's death
Who is Grendel's mother
200
How long does Beowulf rule as king of Geatland?
What is fifty years?
300
The mead-hall where Grendel's arm is displayed as a battle trophy
What is Herot?
300
The comma in this line indicates a mid-line pause called what? Out from the marsh, from the foot of misty
What is a caesura?
300

If you pigged out a bunch of junk food and then deliberately made yourself throw up...you have done these two vocabulary words.

What are gorged and purged?

300
Got really ticked off when someone stole a cup
What is a dragon?
300
What event causes a dragon to terrorize the Geats?
a thief steals a cup from his treasure
400
The three monsters Beowulf battles in the order they appear
Grendel, Grendel's mother, the dragon
400
A hero of noble birth...courageous, even superhuman, deeds...vast setting with a long, perilous journey...bravery and honor...all are characteristics of what type of poem?
What is an epic?
400

Eating a sheep's eyeball or a cow's tongue would be truly disgusting.

What is loathsome?

400
Beowulf's earlier battles with these creatures may have helped him to defeat a really mad mom in her watery lair
What are sea monsters?
400
Beowulf's final resting place resembles this
What is a lighthouse?
500
Loyal warrior who stands by Beowulf through the bitter end
Who is Wiglaf?
500
THREE parts: 1) Who is the author of Beowulf? 2)Beowulf was originally passed down orally by whom? 3) In what language was Beowulf finally written down in?
What is 1) anonymous, 2) scops, & 3) Old English?
500
Synonyms or Antonyms? affliction/blessing infamous/respected
What are antonyms?
500
Ironically, Beowulf rid the earth of the last of these creatures but then used one of their magical swords to defeat Grendel's mother
What are giants?
500
Two Questions: 1)Who does Beowulf name as his successor? 2)What makes this person different from the others of his kind?
Who is 1) Wiglaf, 2) stands by Beowulf to fight the dragon