| A | B |
|---|
| Anglo-Saxon Time Period | 449-1066 |
| the tribe that gave Angle-land its name | Angles |
| the spoken language of the Anglo-Saxons | Old English |
| 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 |
| a long, narrative poem in an elevated style about a hero and his adventures | 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 |
| epic | Beowulf |
| riddle | Anglo-Saxon Intellectual Activity |
| elegy | Seafarer |
| frame story | Canterbury Tales |
| breton lais | Wife of Bath's Tale |
| exemplum | Pardoner's Tale |
| dramatic irony | a situation in which the audience knows more than a character in a play |
| iambic pentameter | A line of poetry containing ten syllables, unstressed followed by stressed |
| couplet | two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme |
| personification | When human qualities are used to describe something nonhuman |
| Old English | Anglo Saxon literature |
| Middle English | Chaucer's writing |
| Feudalism | system of government during medieval times |
| Chivalry | rules for knights |
| Courtly love | knights treatment of ladies |
| Inciting Force | something happens to get the action going |
| Exposition | background |
| Climax | highest point of action, turning point |
| Herot | primary setting of Beowulf |
| London | city where the Canterbury pilgrimage began |
| Geats | Beowulf's Tribe |
| Danes | Hrothgar's Tribe |
| Wife of Bath's Tale | women want control |
| Pardoner's Tale | Greed is the root of all evil |
| Ecclesiastic | church |
| Feudal | land |
| Urban | town-life |
| Breton Lais | Wife of Bath's Tale |
| Exemplum | Pardoner's Tale |
| Frame Story | Canterbury Tales |
| Chaucer | father of English literature |
| Battle of Hastings | 1066- began the medieval period |
| heroic rhyming couplets | Chaucer wrote in this style |
