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Beowulf Vocabulary: Kenning: A metaphorical compound noun or phrase: ‘whale’s road’ for ‘ocean’ Litotes: Understatement, in which something is affirmed.

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1 Beowulf Vocabulary: Kenning: A metaphorical compound noun or phrase: ‘whale’s road’ for ‘ocean’ Litotes: Understatement, in which something is affirmed by the negation of its opposite: ‘he was less than helpful’ for ‘he was not helpful at all’ Allusion: A reference to something from another literary work or historical event: when the Beowulf poet refers (or alludes) to different Anglo-Saxon heroes or Biblical characters

2 More vocab Metonymy: A thing is substituted with something closely associated with it: ‘crown’ for ‘royalty’ or ‘The White House’ for ‘the President’ Synecdoche: Substituting the name of a thing with the name of a part of the thing: ‘wheels’ for ‘car’ or ‘threads’ for ‘clothing’ Alliteration: Repetition of the same consonant sounds : ‘Hot- hearted Beowulf was bent upon battle’ This was also a way to help remember the lines in an oral poem

3 Yet more vocab Didactic: Intended to instruct of teach: ‘So should a king act,’ phrases with the word ‘should’ in general Scop: Old English poet or bard: Hwæt: The first word in Beowulf, means something like “So,” “Listen,” or “Hey.” An attention getter.

4 Important Characters Beowulf Hrothgar Wealhtheow Unferth Wiglaf
Humans: Beowulf Hrothgar Wealhtheow Unferth Wiglaf Monsters Grendel Grendel’s Mother Dragon (wyrm)


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