
Anglo Saxon Background and History / Lit Devices
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following quotations from Beowulf contains alliteration?
“Murderous flames, spreading them everywhere.”
“But war could have followed.”
“The ancient blade broke, bit . . ., drew blood”
“The monster came quickly toward him.”
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CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following quotations from Beowulf contains a kenning?
“And all at once the greedy she-wolf”
“At last he saw the mud of the bottom.”
“Woven metal had not helped”
“the steel-edged blade lay where / He’d dropped it.”
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Alliteration and kennings were poetic devices of particular importance to Anglo-Saxon
writers
mythic heroes
historians
oral poets
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Instead of being unified by rhyme, Anglo-Saxon poetry is most commonly unified by alliteration
in the first line of each stanza
in the refrain
in both halves of a line
in the first half of each line
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following phrases contains alliteration?
a low tone
east and west
chirping baby birds
all old actors
Tags
CCSS.RF.1.2A
CCSS.RF.2.3A
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.K.1D
CCSS.RF.K.2A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A line of Anglo-Saxon poetry commonly includes all the following except
a caesura
at least two alliterated words
two distinct halves
at least two kennings
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A kenning is a special type of
rhyme scheme
symbol
irony
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.L.7.5
CCSS.L.8.5
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