Anglo Saxon Background and History / Lit Devices

Anglo Saxon Background and History / Lit Devices

12th Grade

38 Qs

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Anglo Saxon Background and History / Lit Devices

Anglo Saxon Background and History / Lit Devices

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English

12th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.9-10.10, RL.9-10.9, RL.8.4

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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.”

Tags

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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