The invasion of England by the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes.
Which event for many historians marks the beginning of English history and the Anglo-Saxon period?
Angles, Jutes and Saxons.
From which Germanic tribe(s) did the English language develop?
Denmark.
The Anglo-Saxons were descendents of tribes that invaded England. From which country did these tribes originate?
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
What was one of the first manuscripts to be written in the English language.
King Alfred
The person who united the Anglo-Saxons as a single nation was
wine
Mead is a type of
poems about dead people.
Elegies are
an epic poem.
Beowulf is an example of
Scandinavia.
The setting for Beowulf is
The poem involves a love story.
What characteristic is not usually associated with an epic poem?
were recited orally.
The earliest epic poems
epic poem.
Beowulf is an
Hygelac.
Beowulf’s lord and uncle is
Grendel devours the warriors that stay overnight at HerotHeorot.
Why doesn’t anyone stay in HerotHeorot hall past sunset to fight Grendel?
deserted area.
After Grendel’s attacks, HerotHeorot becomes a
antagonist.
In Beowulf, Grendel is the
his den.
After Grendel slaughters thirty men in the wine mead hall, he takes them to
Grendel’s arm from its socket.
During the struggle with Grendel, Beowulf rips
his den.
Grendel flees the battle to
cuts off her head.
After Beowulf overpowers Grendel’s mother, he
land and houses.
When Beowulf returns home, King Hygelac gives him
the king dies naturally.
Beowulf becomes king of the Geats after
a dragon.
Beowulf is killed by
external conflict.
The battle between Beowulf and Grendel is an example of
foreshadowing.
When Beowulf tells Hrothgar, “Fate will unwind as it must!” this is an example of
omniscient
The author of Beowulf uses __________ point of view.
personification.
When the author of Beowulf writes, “His misery leaped the seas,” this is an example of
sailor.
In “The Seafarer” the speaker of the poem is most likely a
dangerous, and lonely.
At the beginning of “The Seafarer”, the speaker describes the sea as
personification.
“Hunger tore at my sea-weary soul” is an example of
first person.
“The Seafarer” is written in
the hardships of the seafarer while he was at sea.
In “The Seafarer” the words “cold,” “hunger” and “solitude” best describe
alliteration.
Anglo-Saxon poems, such as “The Seafarer” use which literary device
