Epic Vocabulary

Which of the following pieces of figurative language is NOT used in Anglo Saxon verse?

• Caesura

• Alliteration

• Kenning

• Onomatopoeia

True or False: An alliteration compares two things using "like" or "as".

• True

• False

Determine the correct definition for APPOSITIVE.

• A verb or verb phrase that provides additional information about another verb

• A prepositional phase that modifies an adverb

• A noun or noun phrase that provides additional information about another noun

• A positive piece of information added to a sentence

True or False: When you paraphrase an article or some one else's idea you directly quote it verbatim.

• True

• False

Identify the definition of the root -sol

• To aggrevate

• To comfort

• To encourage

• To laugh at

Identify the definition of SOLACE.

• To provide discomfort

• To show around

• To comfort in time of distress

• Looking at the sun

Identify the definition of INCONSOLABLE

• Not able to be comforted

• Unconscious

• Happy to help

• Loves to eat

True or False: Beowulf is an epic poem.

• True

• False

A characteristic of an epic hero is someone who receives a call to adventure and chases after it.

• True

• False

Identify the antonym of REPARATION

• Apology

• Atonement

• Sympathy

• Penance