Dream of the Rood key terms

Question 1

What is a rood?

Answer 1

a cross or crucifix symbolizing the cross on which Jesus Christ died

Question 2

What is Personification?

Answer 2

representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form

Question 3

What is symbolism?

Answer 3

literary device that uses symbols, be they words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning.

Jesus' crown of thorns was both literal and symbolic

Question 4

What is the scop (pronounced “shop”)?

Answer 4

the poet, bard, or speaker reciting the poem the audience

Question 5

What is the dream vision poem?

Answer 5

http://faculty.goucher.edu/eng240/dream_vision.htm
Review this webpage for the first five characteristics

Question 6

What is an allegory?

Answer 6

Review this scholarly webpage and its video for the meaning.
https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/wlf/what-allegory

Question 7

What is plot?

Answer 7

the sequence of events in a literary work (i.e., poem or short story)