Beowulf Vocabulary

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

• alliteration

• value

• Anglo-Saxon

• didactic

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a strongly held belief about what is valuable or acceptable

• Anglo-Saxon

• didactic

• value

• kenning

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

long poem that praises heroic deeds

• suspense

• biblical allusion

• kenning

• epic poem

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

• Anglo-Saxon

• kenning

• fate

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

intended to teach

• didactic

• epic poem

• value

• biblical allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

• didactic

• kenning

• suspense

• fate

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

reference to people or places in the bible

• suspense

• theme

• fate

• biblical allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• suspense

• biblical allusion

• Anglo-Saxon

• epic poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a predetermined course of events

• theme

• kenning

• suspense

• fate

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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

• kenning

• alliteration

• theme

• value

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2