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WorksheetsAnglo Saxon Literature Pretest
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What word means to advise or urge someone to use caution?
fervent
sentinel
admonish
rancor
What word represents a person or animal that guards?
sentinel
rancor
fervent
rapture
What word represents ill will and/or a continuing feeling of bitter hate?
rapture
rancor
fervent
admonish
What word is used to describe having a great warmth of feeling?
compassionate
rapture
fervent
sentinel
What Anglo Saxon literary device represents the pause for breath in the middle of lines?
caesuras
assonance
alliteration
elegy
What word describes the feeling to sympathize or show pity?
compassionate
sentinel
fervent
admonish
What word represents the feeling of joy or great pleasure?
kennings
fervent
rapture
rancor
All three poems, "The Seafarer," "The Wanderer," and "The Wife's Lament" are considered to be examples of which type of poetry?
Allegory
Ballad
Elegy
Prose
What does imagery do in poetry? (Check all that apply)
draws the readers into a sensory experience
creates similar snapshots in a reader's mind
appeals only to our sense of sight, smell, and touch.
uses an object to represent an idea.
helps readers imagine exactly what is being described.
An elegy is _____.
a song or poem expressing curiosity especially about the meaning of life
a song or poem expressing concern especially for a loved one
a song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially for one who is dead
a song or poem expressing enthusiasm or joy especially about nature
An alliteration is _____.
the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
the repetition of vowel sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
the repetition of consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
the repetition of usually initial vowel sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
An assonance occurs when _____.
the repetition of initial consonant sounds takes place in two or more words
the repetition of initial vowel sounds takes place in two or more words
the repetition of similar consonant sounds takes place in two or more words
the repetition of similar vowel sounds takes place in two or more words
A kenning is _____.
a figurative expression, usually compound in form, that is used in place of a name or noun
the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
a repetition of similar sounds in the final stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more words
Which of the following lines contain an example of kenning?
The light of the fire is a sight.
Ben bought a big boat.
See you later,
alligator.
Vikings travelled the whale road.
Which of the following lines contain an example of alliteration?
The light of the fire is a sight.
Ben bought a big boat.
See you later,
alligator.
Vikings travelled the whale road.
