Beowulf Practice

All of the below are kennings used to rename Beowulf except:

• Higlac’s Follower

• Afflictor of Men

• Protector of Men

• Edgetho’s Son

All of the below are kennings used to rename Grendel except

• Shadow of Death

• Guardian of Crime

• Hell’s Captive

• War King

All of the below are kennings used to rename Grendel’s Mother except:

• She Wolf

• Water-Witch

• Queen of Geats

• Swamp Hag

The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in 3 or more words close together is

• Kenning

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse

• caesura
• kenning
• kenning
• elegy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

_{These lines from “The Seafarer” illustrate what characteristic of Anglo-Saxon poetry?}
The song of the swan
Might serve for pleasure. . . 

• caesuras
• alliteration
• assonance
• kennings

In “The Wanderer,” the phrase grave's embrace in the line: "one a grieving earl  Sadly gave to the  grave's embrace" is an example of which structural element typical of Anglo-Saxon lyrics?

• caesura
• assonance
• kenning
• elegy

What literary device is the following an example of? "Along the whale's path I travel."

• Alliteration
• Caesura
• Kenning
• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An Anglo-Saxon metaphor that can be in 1 of 3 forms: compound words, possessives or prepositional phrases

• alliteration
• assonance
• caesura
• kenning

The use of repetition of consonant sounds in a line or stanza.

• alliteration
• assonance
• caesura
• kenning

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4