Beowulf Vocab Quiz Review

What is enjambment?

• A type of poetic meter
• A rhyming scheme in poetry
• The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
• A figure of speech in poetry

What is hyperbole?

• An exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally
• A type of poem
• A mathematical term

What is an epithet?

• A figure of speech
• An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
• A type of poem
• A type of novel

What is end-stopping?

• A term used in music to describe the end of a phrase
• A term used in poetry to describe a line with a pause at the end
• A term used in painting to describe the end of a stroke
• A term used in cooking to describe the end of a recipe

What is alliteration?

• A literary device where words are used in quick succession and begin with letters belonging to the same sound group
• A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
• A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind
• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

What is a caesura?

• A pause in a line of poetry
• A type of salad

• A musical instrument
• A painting technique

Describe exulting.

• Rejoicing greatly

• Feeling or showing sadness
• Feeling or showing anger
• Feeling or showing indifference

Describe venomous.

• Spider Man Villian

• Biting and stinging

• Being able to fly
• Having a soft texture

Describe loathsome.

• Extremely disgusting; repulsive; offensive

• Feeling of intense remorse

• Feeling of intense happiness
• Feeling of intense sadness

Describe imperious.

• Dictatorial; domineering; overbearing

• Being humble and modest
• Showing a lack of courage or determination
• Being kind and generous