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Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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The repetition of an idea in different words with the same grammatical form.

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Variation

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2
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The expression of an idea in a round about, more eloquent way

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Periphrastic Epithet

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3
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A metaphoric compound of two words such as whalepath for sea

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Kenning

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4
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A long stylize narrative poem celebrating the deeds of a national hero;

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Epic

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5
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Instruction in literature

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Didactic

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6
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A standard type or category of literature

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Genres

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7
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People who settled in France

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Northmen

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8
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England received a new nobility and strongly centralized fuedal administration from this

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Conquest of 1066

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9
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Primary language of the upper class

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French

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10
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The new religious faith

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Roman Catholicism

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11
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Ecclesiatical Rule is reflected today in its organization with its archbishops of Canterbury and York, and lower-level clergy

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Anglican Church

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12
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Most notable is this influence

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Grammatical

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13
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They, them, and their replaced their Old English equivalents in the English system

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Scandinavian Pronouns

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14
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Who displaced English as the language of the ruling class and of the nation’s business

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French

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15
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The introduction of this by the Roman missionaries gave English not only some additional vocabulary but also a new alphabet

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Latin

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16
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Became the written as well as the spoken language

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Old English

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17
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England acquired another language

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Latin

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18
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Latin became the language of these three

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Church, diplomacy and scholarship

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19
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These people ravaged English monasteries

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Viking marauders

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20
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Alfred had to import scholars to teach this to his noblemen and administrative assistants

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Latin

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21
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Who began a program of translating Latin works into English, his West Saxon dialect

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Alfred the Great

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22
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Alfred’s concern for an educated leadership is responsible for the fact that most Old English literature has come down to us in this dialect

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West Saxon

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23
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Both statement and of situation, the fondness for riddles

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Irony

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24
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What is the oldest surviving poem written in Old English

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Caedmon

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25
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He was called the Venerable because of his reputation for piety and scholarship

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Bede

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26
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This person is well versed in Greek, Latin, Native Old English, and possibly Hebrew

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Bede

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27
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A Benedictine monk who spent most of his life in monasteries of Jarrow and Wearmouth

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Bede

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28
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He wrote works on grammar, rhetoric astronomy, homiletics, history, theology and other learned subjects

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Bede

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29
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The purpose of this story was to chart the spread of Christianity through England from Roman time to Present

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History

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30
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Christianity was also known as

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Catholicism

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31
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The doctrine of salvation by grace through faith was largely lost to the Middle Ages

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Ephesians 2:8-9

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32
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This had to be supported by works

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Faith

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33
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Grace was conferred by this

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Sacraments

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34
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This came through penance

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Foregiveness of Sin

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35
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A Process involving a punishment set by the priest

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Penance

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36
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Bede tells the story of Caedmon, who was inspired by divine vision to versify sacred history

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Ecclesiastical History

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37
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He was a strong critic of moral decline in the English church but also defended beliefs and traditions of Catholicism

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Bede

38
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Is a source of information of the Anglo Saxons

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The Ecclesiastical History

39
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three basic philosophical questions alluded to by Edwin’s counselors deal with these subjects

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origin, meaning and destiny

40
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the example of the sparrow flying through the room shows that:

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live is short

41
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the subject is creation

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Caedmon’s Hymm

42
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Epics are generally not written today because these have replaced them

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Novels

43
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The notion of the anti hero has become popular because most people tend to lack of this in the ideal virtue

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Faith

44
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Irony, alliteration, and variation are all forms of this

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Poetry

45
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The oldest surviving English hymm

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Caedmon

46
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He was an outstanding European scholar of his age

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Bede

47
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The setting of Beowolf is

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Denmark and Sweden

48
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Reflects old country origins

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Beowolf

49
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Beowolf is this style of writing

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Epic Poetry

50
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Beowolf was written by whom?

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Unknown

51
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Fate

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Wyrd

52
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Beowolf is the type of poem that has this structure

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Circular

53
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Beowolf begins and ends with what?

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A funeral of an old king

54
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Who is the “Giver of Treasure”

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King of Horthgar

55
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Beowolf was produce during what period

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Old English

56
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What is the main theme of Beowolf?

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That the continuance of civilization requires virtue heros

57
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What two virtues does Beowolf have?

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Generosity and Fortitude

58
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Who is the offspring of Can

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Grendel

59
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The main purpose of Beowolf would be to…

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Entertain

60
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Why are the danes being assaulted by Grendel?

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Because of the sin of pride

61
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What is the Anglo Saxon’s belief

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All Men Must Die

62
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Who is the national army

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Fyrd

63
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By the 4th century the Anglo-Saxons filled the vacuum of what departing solders?

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Romans

64
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The Anglo-Saxons established their own rule in numerous small

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Kingdoms of England

65
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Viking tribes had settled in parts of England and the country was divided into what two parts

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Southern and Western

66
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Vikings were subject to what law

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Saxon

67
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The Anglo-Saxon minstresl are known as this

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Scops

68
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The literature of the Anglo Saxons consisted of what tradition

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Oral

69
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Epic poetry was recited to entertain both of whom

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Nobles and Peasants

70
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Who was victorious at the Battle of Brunanburgh

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Alfred’s grandson, Aethelstan

71
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Numerous laws remained in placed int he Eastern countries under the rule of what Anglo Saxon King

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Alfred the Great

72
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What language is a living language, rich, expressive and constantly adjusting to accommodate the changing world in which we live in

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English

73
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The language descended primarily from the Germanic branch of an ancient family of languages called

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Indo European

74
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This original language was radically shaped and molded into what we now call Old English by the successive conquests of Britain that occurred from the original time until 1066

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Celtic

75
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Who invaded Britain and introduced numerous Latin words that ultimately entered the Celtic language

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Julius Caesar

76
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The Anglo-Saxons from Europe and the Jutes from Denmark sparked a major change int he language spoken in

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Britain

77
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This language was re-introduced into the developing language when the Anglo-Saxons were converted to Christianity

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Latin

78
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All the new invaders spoke a dialect of Germanic, Celtic, Latin, Norse and Gothic to become this

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Old English

79
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The dialect spoken by the Germanic invaders became known as this and preceded the English we speak today

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Angleish

80
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Who invade and ultimately conquered Britain, marking the end of the Anglo Saxon era and heralded major changes in the development of the English language

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William the Conqueror

81
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The history of the development of the English language can be divided into three periods

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Old English, Middle English and Modern English

82
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This language developed during the period 449-1066

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Old English

83
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This language developed during the period 1066 until the early 1500’s

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Middle English

84
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This language is what we speak today

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Modern English

85
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Water is both a blessing and a curse

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Iceberg

86
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What are 4 riddles

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Shield, Bookworm, Weathervane, and Iceberg

87
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The recurrence of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby stressed syllables

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Alliteration

88
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A complete metrical analysis of a poem also includes the identification

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Caesura

89
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The giving of personal characteristics to something that is not a person

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Personification

90
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Originally any poem of solemn meditation

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Elegiac Poetry

91
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Traditionally a short, melodic, personally expressive poem

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Lyric poetry

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