pages 2-10 The Early Middle Ages / King Alfred / Beda / Beowulf
Work in pairs. Each pair takes a couple of the words below. Go to https://www.etymonline.com/ and loop up the Old English roots of the following words:
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Work in pairs. Each pair takes a couple of the words below. Go to https://www.etymonline.com/ and loop up the Old English roots of the following words:
Alfred the Great (849 - 899), king of Wessex. He prevented England from falling to the Danes and promoted learning and literacy. Compilation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle began during his reign, circa 890.
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1. The Old English Period lasted from:
A
250-900
B
350-1000
C
450-1100
D
550-1200
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2. Which of the following groups did not invade England in the Old English period?
A
Saxons
B
Jutes
C
Franks
D
Angles
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The hero of the story
The monster that must be defeated
The name of the king Beowulf sets out to help
The second monster that Beowulf has to fight
The name of the mead hall that is being terrorised by the monster
The third monster that Beowulf has to fight
Heorot
Beowulf
Grendel
Grendel's mother
Hrothgar
A nameless dragon
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Beowulf is …..
A
a sonnet
B
a frame story
C
an epic poem
D
an allegory
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Beowulf is written in
A
Old English and alliterative verse
B
Middle English and alliterative verse
C
Old English and rhyme
D
middle English and rhyme
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Alliterative verse means that ….
A
there is a set pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
B
nobody understands what the poem is about
C
words in a sentence have the same vowels
D
words in a sentence begin with the same consonant
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poetry
people were illiterate. Only monks could read and write
alliterations and regular rythm used for mnemonic reasons
kenning
variation
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alliteration
two or more words within the same line begin with the same letter.
Meotodes meahte and his modgepanc
the Measurer's might and his mind-plans
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kenning
a figurative name for a thing, usually expressed in a compound noun.