Review: Anglo-Saxon /Beowulf CP be ready for an essay also!

Who are these characters/places?

• Beowulf
• Wiglaf
• Hrothgar
• Wulfgar
• Unferth
• Herot
• Welthow
• Brecca

Know these quotations: who said it?, what does it mean?, why is it significant?
• Fate will unwind as it must.”
• He was spawned in that slime, Conceived by a pair of those monsters born Of Cain…”
• Now he discovered – once the afflictor Of men, tormentor of their days – what it meant To feud
with Almighty God.”
• It is always better to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning.”
• “Your deeds are famous, so stay resolute, my lord, defend your life now with the whole of your
strength. I shall stand by you.”

Literary Terms: know the definition and be able to identify

• Kenning
• Caesura
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Heroic Elegy
• Foil
• Genre
• Historical setting
• Hyperbole
• Imagery
• Lyric
• Mood
• Narrative poem
• Point of view
• Synecdoche
• Theme

Be sure you know the story details!!

What is the date of the Anglo-Saxon period?

What were the people groups that invaded Britain?(7)
What kind of things did the Romans do for Britain?
How did England get its name?
What were the Anglo-Saxons like?
What is comitatus?
What is wyrd?
Why were scops important?
What 3 things in the U.S. were influenced by Britain?
What are the characteristics of an epic?
How is Beowulf a kenning?