Beowulf: Introduction

Who is the Danish king (Denmark)?

• Hrothgar

• Healfdane

• Higlac

• Beowulf

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Beowulf is from

• Denmark/ Danish Tribe

• Sweden/ Geat Tribe

• Germany/ Anglo Saxons

• Herot

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Three main literary elements of an epic are

• rhyme, music, onomatopoeia

• assonance, rhyme, nouns

• alliteration, hyperbole, kenning

• repetition, cliches, singing

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Who wrote the epic poem, Beowulf?

• Shakespeare

• Bede

• Tennyson

• Unknown

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The action in the epic happens in medias res. This means that the action happens

• in the middle

• at the end

• In the beginning

• during the highest point of the story

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Two-word descriptive phrases that take place of a noun is

• Kennings

• Caesuras

• Alliterations

• Jennings

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Which one is an example of a kenning?

• The weather was super hot in the desert.

• Water flowed from the fountain like syrup.

• With gas prices dropping, I'm going to buy a gas-guzzler.

• The drinks in the fridge were ice-cold.

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True or False: Beowulf is the oldest known English epic poem.

• True

• False

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Which is NOT A trait of an epic poem?

• Huge setting: long and/or dangerous travels

• Uses women to portray the epic hero

• Characters speak in long, formal speeches

• Addresses universal themes

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Poetry of the Anglo-Saxon period was passed down through what means?

• Books

• Oral Tradition

• Scrolls

• Teachers

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