English 12 (Unit 1 - Beowulf - Vocab)

Vocab / Poetry lyric vocab

Vocab - Epic

A long narrative poem

Vocab - Paraphrase

Complex passages - identify the key details in a passage and restate them in your own words.

Vocab - Reparation

Something making up for a wrong or an injury

Vocab - Sollace

Comfort; relief

Vocab - Purge

Purify; cleanse

Vocab - Writhing

Making twisting or turning motions

Vocab - Massive

Big, solid, and bulky

Vocab - Loathsome

Disgusting

Vocab - Legendary Hero

A larger-than-life character whose accomplishments are celebrated in traditional tales

Lyrics Vocab - Caesuras

Rhythmic breaks in the middle of lines, where the reciter could pause for breath.

Lyrics Vocab - Kennings

Two-word poetic renaming’s of people, places, and things, such as the kenning whales’ home for the sea.

Lyrics Vocab - Assonance

The repetition of vowel sounds in unrhymed, stressed syllables

Lyrics Vocab - Alliteration

The repetition of initial consonant sounds in accented syllables