Brit Lit Test 1

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Key word in evaluating literature

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Discernment

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the work must present God, man, history,nature as...

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God says it is

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Universality of Audience

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Can anyone enjoy the work?

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Eternality of Application

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Will the lit. statement always be clear and valuable

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Credability of Action

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Does lit. describe life as it really is?

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Authority and Authenticity

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Is the lit capable of being proved, varified, justified by experience or evidence?

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Veracity of Message

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Does the lit statement agree with God's word?

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Roman Occupation

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First invading civilization in Britain's history

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"Chester" or "Caster"

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Names prooving roman invasion

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Britons

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First Celtic tribes of Britain

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Druids

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Pagan celtic priests

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Anglo Saxon/Viking Occupation

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Second people to invade Britain

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Norman(French) invasion

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Third people to invade Britain

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Hadrian's Wall

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Associated with Roman Occupation

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Writing(Latin)

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Roman contribution to British culture

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Wyrd

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fate

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Alfred the Great

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kept back viking occupation

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William of Normandy

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victorious for french at Battle of Hastings

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Anglo Saxon lit.

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transmitted orally

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Kenning

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combining words to rename and object in poetry

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Caesura

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breaks in lines of poetry for breath

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Alliteration

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consonant repetition

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Rome ruled Britain

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300yrs

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The Venerable Bede

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Father of English History, wrote the earliest

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Alfred the Great

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unified Britain, wrote anglo saxon chronicle

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Anglo Saxon Chronicle

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Written by Alfred the Great, 1st historical record of written English

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The Code

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Codes of conduct of behavior that brought honor to the king

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Jutes

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Germanic

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Saxons

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Danish

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1066

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Britains invaded by Normandy

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King Arthur

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historical god-like character the defended the Britains

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The Dark Ages

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the Anglo Saxon period (wasnt really dark)

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Mead Halls

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place where songs of stories were performed

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oral tradition

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reciting poems,songs, tales, for audiences

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Two types of AS poetry

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Heroic and Elegiac Poetry

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Heroic poetry

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poetry that focused on achievements of warriors

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Elegiac poetry

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poetry that laments the death of loved ones

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Epic poem

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long narrative poem with central hero, large setting, supernatural forces, and elevated language

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Beowulf written

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521-1026AD

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Historical Model for Beowulf

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King Hygelac of the Geats

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significance of Beowulf

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Longest surviving Poem in old English and earliest in vernacular

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Meter of beowulf

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unrhymed four beat meter

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Exeter book

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collection of poems written in Old English

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Riddle

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word game to describe something in an unusual way