| A | B |
|---|
| Romance | contains chivalry and love as a major plot element |
| Ballad | a narrative song that has rhyme in lines 2 and 4 of every quatrain |
| Elegy | a poem that mourns the passing of earlier, better times |
| Epic | a long, narrative poem about a hero and his adventures |
| Riddle | an Anglo-Saxon intellectual exercise |
| Old English | Anglo-Saxon Language |
| Middle English | Medieval Language |
| Anglo-Saxon Times | 449-1066 |
| the tribe that gave Angle-land its name | Angles |
| Wyrd | fate |
| Anglo-Saxon poet singer | scop |
| retelling stories to the next generation | oral tradition |
| mourning earlier, better times | elegiac tradition |
| member of Geats | Beowulf |
| Seafarer | elegy |
| Beowulf | epic |
| beliefs that replaced pagan beliefs | Christian beliefs |
| A quality NOT found in Anglo-Saxon poetry | Rhyme |
| Anglo-Saxon extended metaphor | kenning |
| Repetition of initial consonant sounds in poetry | alliteration |
| the author of Beowulf | Christian |
| why Beowulf's men allowed him to go help the enemy tribe | omens |
| why Beowulf's men were not able to help him fight Grendel | spell |
| why Beowulf wanted to fight Grendel without the help of Hrothgar's tribe | fame |
| what Beowulf did when he met King Hrothgar | boasting |
| Barbara Allan | Ballad |
| Sir Patrick Spens | Ballad |
| Get Up and Bar the Door | Ballad |
| Twa Corbies | Ballad |
| Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Romance |
| Le Morte Darthur | Romance |
| Thomas Mallory | Le Morte Darthur |
| Twa Corbies | Two Ravens |
| Barbara Allan | Sir John dies |
| Sir Patrick Spens | Shipwreck |
| Get Up and Bar the Door | stubborn married couple's contest |
| This is why Sir Patrick Spens sailed during dangerous conditions | Loyalty to the king |
| Mordred | killed King Arthur |
| Avalon | where Arthur's dead body was taken |
| Camelot | Arthur's kingdom |
| Round Table | Knights |
| Excalibur | Arthur's Sword |
