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Anglo-Saxon Figurative Language

Authored by Ana Carraway

English

11th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 15+ times

Anglo-Saxon Figurative Language
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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Old English metaphorical, compound-word descriptions used to replace a noun

Kenning

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Repetition of initial sounds

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

Caesura

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

In Old English poetry, the space at the end of or in the middle of lines used to indicate a pause for effect

Caesura

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

"Whale-road" = sea is an example of

Kenning

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

The repetition of the same vowel sounds

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Repetition of the same consonants anywhere within the word

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

Caesura

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 • 5 pts

What Anglo-Saxon poetic device is found in this line(hint: there are two):

"Then, when darkness had dropped, Grendel"

Assonance

Consonance

Caesura

Oral Tradition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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