ENGLISH 2ND Q PERIODICAL TEST

• Is the earliest recorded time period in English history.

• Ranges from 449-1066

• The Anglo-Saxon Period

• Anglo-Saxon Literature

• Anglo-Saxon

What are Scops?

• Poet/minstrels Authors were unknown

• Nuns and Bishops

• Priests

• Frayle

What marks the beginning of English literature?

• Romeo and Juliet

• Beowulf

• Harry Potter

• Grendel

are the recurring themes or images in Anglo-Saxon works of literature

• genre

• plot

• motifs

• theme

• Alliteration; Kenning; Caesura

• Characteristic Features of Anglo-Saxon Literature

• Types of Anglo-Saxon Literature

• Kinds of Anglo-Saxon Literature

• Genres of Anglo-Saxon Literature

The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in lines of poetry

• • Alliteration

• • Kenning

• Caesura

A metaphorical phrase used to replace a concrete noun

• • Alliteration

• • Kenning

• • Caesura

2 part line – Each line is separated by a pause or break in the middle of the line; each part generally has 2 strong beats

• • Alliteration

• • Kenning

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• • Caesura

  
  

BEOWULF IS AN EPIC POEM

• TRUE

• FALSE

Protagonist; Is a Geatish hero who fights the monster Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and a fire-breathing dragon

• Grendel

• Beowulf

• King Hrothgar

• Wiglaf