1st period. October 6. Test Review

Agenda

1.Turn in vocab quiz #1 corrections if you didn’t on Thursday.
2.Turn in late PowerPoint slides.
3.Vocabulary Quiz – take 7 minutes to study
4.Finish up Anglo-Saxon packet notes
5.Kennings: Beowulf, usefulness
6.Test Review: A-S Lit/history; riddles; “The Seafarer;” “The Ruin;” Beowulf

Test Review

The Basics

•Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon poetry.
•What is elegiac poetry?
•Romans, runes, Old English, Germanic/Norse words, Gaels and Britons
•Riddles: handout, functions

“The Ruin” – elegiac, fate

"The Seafarer"
•Fatalism, transience
•Message at the end
•What is the first part about?
•How does the speaker’s attitude change?
•Answer questions about certain lines.
•Paraphrase
•Speaker’s conclusion at the end
•Imagery and isolation
•Theme
•Translations

You will read a poem then identify Anglo-Saxon poetry characteristics in it.

Beowulf
•Danish watchman’s characterization of Beowulf
•Hrothgar, Grendel, Beowulf, Grendel’s mother
•Beowulf’s boasts
•Battle with Grendel
•Battle with Grendel’s mother
•Identify alliteration, kennings
•Answer questions about specific lines (these are provided on the test)
•Read a passage and answer questions that follow.
•See how many of these you can answer: http://www.quia.com/quiz/1113765.html

Vocabulary: all vocabulary so far (see quiz 1 and today's quiz)