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Poetry
The first literature of the Anglo-Saxons
Death
Surprised Everyman with a visit at the beginning
Good-deeds
Friend of Everyman who was willing to go with him at the end
Dragon
The last enemy that Beowulf slays
Caedmon
First poet whose name is known
John Wycliff
Father of English Prose
Pearl Poet
Author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
"The Pardoner's Tale"
Theme of love and money is the root of all evil
Everyman
Subject of the hour of death
It was caught by a hand.
What happened when the sword Excalibur was thrown into the water
Popular ballad
Short, narrative folk song
Pageant
a movable stage, platform, or scaffold upon which medieval dramas were performed
Miracle play
play based upon legends of the saints
Medieval romance
based upon the adventures of knights
Mystery play
Play based upon biblical subjects
Exemplum
a short tale or anecdote told to teach a lesson
Kenning
Strong metaphorical expression
Accent
Stresses certain syllables or words
Caesura
A pause or sudden break in a line of poetry
"Bonny Barbara Allan"
Sir John Graeme
"The Cherry-Tree Carol"
Mary and Joseph
Beowulf
Wiglaf
Morte Darthur
King Arthur
Beowulf
Hrothgar
Morte Darthur
Sir Bedivere
"The Pardoner's Tale"
Three men looking for death
Sir Thomas Malory
Author of Morte Darthur
The Venerable Bede
Author of Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Geoffrey Chaucer
Author of The Canterbury Tales
Scop
Anglo-Saxon poet
Beowulf
Greatest Anglo-Saxon poem
"The Seafarer"
Poem showing irony of seaman longing for the sea despite the hardships
"Bookworm"
Poem showing that a worm can destroy the words of great men
Bonny Barbara Allan
"Since my love died for me to-day, I'll die for him to-morrow."
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
"I charge thee, to receive such a blow as thou has dealt. Thou deserves to be promptly paid on New Year's Morn."
"Get Up and Bar the Door"
"They made a paction tween them twa, they made it firm and sure."
The Canterbury Tales
"At night there came into that hostelry Full nine and twenty in a company Of sundry folk, by chance together there."
Essay in good paragraph form.
Give the four traditional qualities of an epic. Include the title of the oldest surviving epic of any Germanic people, and explain how the main character of that epic exemplifies an Anglo-Saxon hero.
1. Prep; 2. Adj; 3. Adj; 4. Pro; 5. Prep; 6. N; 7. Pro; 8. N; 9. Adv.; 10. Conj; 11. V; 12. N
(1) During the Victoriano Era, the (2) greatest reforms in England had been brought about by concerned (3) Christian individuals (4) who took (5) upon themselves the responsibility of (6) helping people who were indeed. The political reformers at the end of the nineteenth century had concerned (7) themselves with reforms toward political freedom and freedom of (8) thought and speech and had (9) carefully refrained from intervening in the private affairs of individuals and families. (10) As the twentieth century (11) dawned, powerful forces were at (12) work to bring about a different kind of reform.
PN
"Until we meet again" is the meaning of what German phrase?
OC
I found the assignment difficult to understand.
DO
Could you understand his account of the incident?
IO
The principal gave Chloe a plaque for her outstanding performance in debate.
PA
Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. —Rom. 12:9
Predicate
says something about the subject
Complex sentence
Contains one main clause and one or more dependent clauses
Conjunction
joins words or groups of words
complement
Completes the meaning begun by the subject and verb
Interjection
Is used as an exclamatory word
Preposition
Shows how a noun or pronoun is related to some other word in the sentence
Pronoun
Takes the place of a noun
Objective complement
Is sometimes needed in additional to the direct object to complete the sense of the verb
Imperative sentence
Gives a command or makes a request
Adverb
May modify an adjective
