Figurative Language - Beowulf

"He was tall as a tower and his eyes blazed like bonfires when he was angry."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Euphemism

"Hrothgar had a backbone that would bend to no man."

• Personification

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

• Pun

"He was a rude and drunken fellow, always ready to argue, even with the king himself."

• Personification

• Euphemism

• Simile

• Hyperbole

"In his person, Beowulf was below average size"

• Pun

• Euphemism

• Assonance

• Hyperbole

"Beowulf looked about him as he marched, taking everything in, tall cliffs and deep valleys, each tumbling stream and pebble winking brightly in the sun."

• Personification

• Pun

• Oxymoron

• Simile

"The man chose an apple from a huge bag he had been carrying on his back, and brought it to the king."

• Onomatopoeia

• Euphemism

• Metaphor

• Assonance

"Unferth drew his dagger. Beowulf swiftly handed him an apple. 'I don’t peel them, myself,' he said. 'Things seem to lose something with their skins off, don’t you think? But every man to his own taste.'"

• Personification

• Pun

• Simile

• Alliteration

"The monster squealed with rage. His throat was full of the noise of crunching bones."

• Simile

• Personification

• Euphemism

• Onomatopoeia

"These fingers that you feel are ten great stars. Stars have no fear. I do not fear you, Grendel."

• Hyperbole

• Pun

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

"They went up, up, up, trilling dew from their wings, and busily rested, and sang, and sang."

• Euphemism

• Pun

• Oxymoron

• Simile