Anglo-Saxon Figurative Language

Front

Old English metaphorical compound-word descriptions replacing a noun

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Kenning

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

Front

Repetition of initial sounds

Back

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

In Old English poetry, the pause in lines for effect

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Caesura

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Front

"Whale-road" = sea is an example of

Back

Kenning

Front

Repetition of the same vowel sounds

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Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Front

Repetition of the same consonants within a word

Back

Consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Anglo-Saxon poetic device in the line: "Then, when darkness had dropped, Grendel"

Back

Caesura

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Anglo-Saxon poetic device in the lines: 'A p**ow**erful monster, living d**ow**n... gr**ow**led in pain... L**ou**d in the hall...'

Back

Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Anglo-Saxon poetic device in: “So Hrothgar’s men lived happy in his hall”

Back

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Anglo-Saxon poetic device: “tormenter of their days”

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Kenning