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Side A ------ Side B What are Kennings? ------ compound nouns, possessive or genitive Literary Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon Epic poetry? ------ Alliteration, Caesura, Kennings, formal rigid pattern of word stresses What is a stock epithet? ------ Adjective/phrase expressing some quality or attribute that is characteristic of a person/thing Father of English history? ------ Bede Witan ------ a council of elders Anglo-Saxon word for fate ------ Wyrd What type of poem is Beowulf? ------ Epic poem Characteristics of Epic poems ------ long, lots of events, main heroic character, catastrophic events, serious themes King of Danes? ------ Hrothgar Who is Grendel descended from? ------ Cain What are some of the special characters in Anglo-Saxon language? ------ Thorn, Eth & Ash What is a grapheme? ------ a character in the alphabet Phoneme ------ a sound in language, simplest element of language digraph ------ a pair of letters representing a single sound What is a wergild? ------ man-price Grendel does not touch Hrothgar's throne b/c it is ------ protected by God How many set out to Herot? ------ 14 Who is Beowulf's father? ------ Edgethto How does Beowulf fight Grendel? ------ With bare hands Who is Hrothgar's queen? ------ Welthow What is Beowulf's proof of defeating Grendel? ------ he had his arm What two folklore are told? ------ Siegmund & Nermod What is the final revenge inflicted on Grendel? ------ they cut off his head What is stolen from the dragon? ------ A jeweled cup How does the dragon take revenge on the town? ------ it attacks and burns homes Who is the only geat that remained with Beowulf? ------ Wiglaf What month does Canterbury Tales begin in? ------ April How many people go on the pilgrimage? ------ 29 Where do they begin their pilgrimage? ------ @ The Tabard How many tales will each pilgrim tell? ------ 4 What is the prize for best story? ------ supper, paid by all Who is the 1st to tell a tale? ------ The Knight Who tells the story about the rooster and hen? ------ The Nun's Priest What is the rooster's name? ------ Chanticleer How many hens are there? ------ 7 Who is the hen that holds Chanticleer's heart? ------ Lady Pertelote What style is the Nun's Priest's story told in? ------ Mock-Heroic style What is an exemplum? ------ a longer anecdote with a sermon What are some of the allusions Chanticleer makes? ------ Joseph, Lord Pharaoh, The Book of David What are the four humors? ------ Yellow bile, black bile, phlegm, blood too much blood ------ sanguine too much yellow bile ------ choleric too much phlegm ------ phlegmatic too much black bile ------ melancholic characteristics of sanguine ------ courageous, arrogant, loves to entertain, amorous characteristics of choleric ------ doer, leader, easily tempered, passionate characteristics of phlegmatic ------ calm, lazy, rational, observant characteristics of melancholic ------ sleepless, irritable, perfectionist, creative
Side A ------ Side B What are Kennings? ------ compound nouns, possessive or genitive Literary Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon Epic poetry? ------ Alliteration, Caesura, Kennings, formal rigid pattern of word stresses What is a stock epithet? ------ Adjective/phrase expressing some quality or attribute that is characteristic of a person/thing Father of English history? ------ Bede Witan ------ a council of elders Anglo-Saxon word for fate ------ Wyrd What type of poem is Beowulf? ------ Epic poem Characteristics of Epic poems ------ long, lots of events, main heroic character, catastrophic events, serious themes King of Danes? ------ Hrothgar Who is Grendel descended from? ------ Cain What are some of the special characters in Anglo-Saxon language? ------ Thorn, Eth & Ash What is a grapheme? ------ a character in the alphabet Phoneme ------ a sound in language, simplest element of language digraph ------ a pair of letters representing a single sound What is a wergild? ------ man-price Grendel does not touch Hrothgar's throne b/c it is ------ protected by God How many set out to Herot? ------ 14 Who is Beowulf's father? ------ Edgethto How does Beowulf fight Grendel? ------ With bare hands Who is Hrothgar's queen? ------ Welthow What is Beowulf's proof of defeating Grendel? ------ he had his arm What two folklore are told? ------ Siegmund & Nermod What is the final revenge inflicted on Grendel? ------ they cut off his head What is stolen from the dragon? ------ A jeweled cup How does the dragon take revenge on the town? ------ it attacks and burns homes Who is the only geat that remained with Beowulf? ------ Wiglaf What month does Canterbury Tales begin in? ------ April How many people go on the pilgrimage? ------ 29 Where do they begin their pilgrimage? ------ @ The Tabard How many tales will each pilgrim tell? ------ 4 What is the prize for best story? ------ supper, paid by all Who is the 1st to tell a tale? ------ The Knight Who tells the story about the rooster and hen? ------ The Nun's Priest What is the rooster's name? ------ Chanticleer How many hens are there? ------ 7 Who is the hen that holds Chanticleer's heart? ------ Lady Pertelote What style is the Nun's Priest's story told in? ------ Mock-Heroic style What is an exemplum? ------ a longer anecdote with a sermon What are some of the allusions Chanticleer makes? ------ Joseph, Lord Pharaoh, The Book of David What are the four humors? ------ Yellow bile, black bile, phlegm, blood too much blood ------ sanguine too much yellow bile ------ choleric too much phlegm ------ phlegmatic too much black bile ------ melancholic characteristics of sanguine ------ courageous, arrogant, loves to entertain, amorous characteristics of choleric ------ doer, leader, easily tempered, passionate characteristics of phlegmatic ------ calm, lazy, rational, observant characteristics of melancholic ------ sleepless, irritable, perfectionist, creative
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