| A | B |
|---|
| The repition of initial consonant sounds | ALLITERATION |
| A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literay work, or piece of art | ALLUSION |
| A character, event, or object that is temporarily out of place in a literature work. | ANACHRONISM |
| A pause in a line of poetry. | CAESURA |
| A poem for the dead. | ELEGY |
| The brave, bold, champion-like character in an epic poem. | EPIC HERO |
| 10th century anthology of Anglo-Saxon poetry | EXETER BOOK |
| A gross exaggeration | HYPERBOLE |
| Words an author uses to create mental pictures in the mind of the reader. | IMAGERY |
| A short (usually two-word) phrase used to restate a noun. | KENNING |
| A comparison that doesn't use LIKE or AS. | METAPHOR |
| Giving human characteristics to inhuman objects. | PERSONIFICATION |
| An Old-English bard or poet | SCOP |
| Something that stands for or represents something else. | SYMBOL |
| The author's attitude about his subject. | TONE |
| Scandinavian belief related to fate or karma | WYRD |
| Gloat,boast Anglo Saxons considered this a good trait. | GIELP |
| Spoken story told over and over through verbal storytelling | ORAL TRADITION |
| A word or phrase used in place of an actual name, | EPITHET |
| Words inscribed on a person's tombstone or spoken at a funeral. | EPITAPH |
