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25 Cards in this Set
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When and where did they settle?
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In Britain in the fifth century A.D.
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Are days of the week related to the old English pronunciation?
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Yes
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The Godess Wyrd
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They believed in Fate that was stronger than man's will
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Poetry rather than prose
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Recited rather than sung
this was easier to remember |
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1066 a.d.
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Battle of Hastings
Norman Invasion French. Alfred the great repeled the vikings. |
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5 strikin characteristics
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1. the love of freedom
2. nature in her sterner moods 3. strong religious convictions 4. reverence for womanhood, and love of coming home 5. a devotion to glory |
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scop
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anglo saxon poet
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gleeman
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recited poems; he was not the poet but a preformer, a chanter, a harper, and sometimes a jester and juggler
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caesura
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pause or like break
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martial rhythim
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no rhyme
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accent
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stressing certain syllables or words
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alliteration
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begginings words with the same consanant sound
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parallelisms
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repitiion of ideas in slightly differing form
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kennings
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strong metaphorical expressions, dashes or hyphens
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inflected language
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has diff form dependign on its use in the sentence
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alfred the great
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repelled the viks
established the capital (exeter0 collects literature of period |
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epic
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"a long narrative poem that records in noble language the adventures of a super-hero that embodies the culture's ideals.
beowolf is the oldes western national epic |
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ASSonance
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repeated vowel sounds
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King
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hrothgar
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mead hall
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herot
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beowolf swords
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hrunting
nagling |
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beo 3 challenges
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grendel
grendle's mom dragon |
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beo successor
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wiglaf
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kings best friend
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esher
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beo tribe
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geats
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