Beowulf Vocabulary

Front

repetition of sounds at the beginning of words that are in close proximity to one another

Back

alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

Front

a strongly held belief about what is valuable or acceptable

Back

value

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

Front

long poem that praises heroic deeds

Back

epic poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

a Germanic inhabitant of England between 400 CE and the Norman conquest of 1066.

Back

Anglo-Saxon

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

Front

intended to teach

Back

didactic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Front

An expression in Old English with a metaphorical meaning (ex., oar-steed, whale-road)

Back

kenning

Front

reference to people or places in the bible

Back

biblical allusion

Front

a state of anxious uncertainty about what may happen in a story

Back

suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

a predetermined course of events

Back

fate

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Front

What a work says about a concept such as love, war, freedom, etc. These are universal.

Back

theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.2