Beowulf vocab and lit

the repetition of similar rhyming sounds at the beginning of words

• alliteration

• caesura

• kenning

• metaphor

metaphorical meaning to replace a noun usually in two words

• kenning

• alliteration

• caesura

• metaphor

when you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning

• alliteration

• caesura

• figurative language

• hyperbole

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. Does not use signaling words.

• simile

• metaphor

• figurative language

• hyperbole

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using like or as

• metaphor

• figurative language

• simile

• hyperbole

a person, animal, or object regarded as representing or embodying a quality, concept, or thing.

• metaphor

• caesura

• personification

• imagery

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work

• imagery

• hyperbole

• caesura

• kenning

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• metaphor

• alliteration

• kenning

• hyperbole

any interruption or break

• figurative language

• hyperbole

• kenning

• caesura

a passionate expression of grief or sorrow

• relish

• lament

• affliction

• purge