Beowulf/Anglo-Saxon Test Review

rhythmic breaks in the middle of lines; reciter can pause for a breath

• alliteration

• caesuras

• kennings

laments the loss of something passed; mourns the death of a loved one

• oral tradition

• lyric

• elegy

repetition of initial consonant sounds

• alliteration

• elegy

• assonance

the thoughts/emotions of a single speaker

• lyric

• elegy

• oral tradition

two-word poetic renaming of people, places, and things

• caesura

• kennings

• lyric

stories passed down by word of mouth from one generation to the next

• kennings

• caesura

• oral tradition

a long, dangerous journey or mission undertaken by epic hero

• quest

• valorous

• divine intervention

help from a god/supernatural force taking interest in a hero’s quest

• epic

• divine intervention

• valorous deeds

long, narrative poem that recounts the adventures of a legendary hero

• quest

• epic hero

• epic

these demonstrate a hero’s courage, strength, virtue; the action in a narrative

• epic

• valorous deeds

• quest