Beowulf - Figurative Language

What kind of figurative language is used in "The Geats are stones"?

• Kenning

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

What kind of figurative language is "bone-locks"?

• Personification

• Kenning

• Simile

• Alliteration

What kind of figurative language is "lacking a lord; and a lord of life"?

• Kenning

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

What kind of figurative language is used in "The angry water under the clouds..."?

• Kenning

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

What kind of figurative language is "His words are chilly fire"?

• Kenning

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

"He's whispering - spilling words like showers of sleet" is an example of _________________.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Kenning

What kind of figurative language is "the whale-road"?

• Personification

• Kenning

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

What kind of figurative language is "ring-giver"?

• Personification

• Kenning

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

What kind of figurative language is "...and the timbered hall screamed back at me"?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Kenning

• Alliteration

What kind of figurative language is "...it jumps away like a terrified deer"?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile