British Lit Test Review

Beowulf Study Guide:

.Elements and Consequences:

Prior Inhabitants Were Who:

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What Tribes that Comprised the Invaders: 

• Angles

• Saxons

• Jutes

• Vikings

• Quakers

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Languages Involved and Influenced Beowulf:

• Germanic: Began in Germany and spread

• Norwegian

  Swedish

• Finnish

  Dutch

• German

  English

• None of the answers

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Languages Involved and Influenced Beowulf:

Romance Languages: Latin based languages:

• Italian

  French

• Spanish

• Portuguese

  Romanian

• A and B Only

• None of the answers

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Dates of Anglo-Saxon Period: 

_______ to ______ AD

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon People: 

• Adventurous 

  Brave

• Self Reliant

  Fierce

• Cruel

  Hearty

  Fearless

• A and B Only

• None of the answers

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What are Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon Literature:

• Poetry!!! (All Anglo-Saxon literature was poetry)

• Love of freedom

  Response to Nature & it’s sternness

  Strong religious convictions

• Belief in Wyrd (Fate)

  Reverence for womanhood

• Devotion to Glory

• None of the answers

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is an Accent?

• Stressing certain syllables

• Stressing same beginning consonant 

• Repetition of ideas in slightly different forms

• Compound synonyms with strong metaphorical expressions

• Repetition of vowels without rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is an alliteration?

• Stressing certain syllables

• Stressing same beginning consonant sounds

• Repetition of ideas in slightly different forms

• Compound synonyms with strong metaphorical expressions

• Repetition of vowels without rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is parallelisms?

• Stressing certain syllables

• Stressing same beginning consonant sounds

• Repetition of ideas in slightly different forms

• Compound synonyms with strong metaphorical expressions

• Repetition of vowels without rhythm

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9