Literary Terms

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

concrete representation of an abstract idea

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

two or more consecutive words that begin with the same sound

1. ) aid to memorization
2. ) to bring attention to an important part
3. ) to mark the meter

Question 3

didacticism

Answer 3

teaching tone especially in Angle-Saxon

Question 4

Elegiac

Answer 4

sad, yearning tone

Question 5

Kenning

Answer 5

two nouns put together acting as a metaphor

Question 6

Simile

Answer 6

comparison using like or as

Question 7

Lyric poetry

Answer 7

poetry that expresses deep, personal emotions

Question 8

Metaphor

Answer 8

comparison of an abstract thing to a concrete thing

Question 9

periphrastic epithet

Answer 9

another name for something/someone that uses a phrase

Question 10

foreshadowing

Answer 10

warning/indication of future events

Question 11

prosopopoeia

Answer 11

inanimate object speaks (kind of personification)

Question 12

Scop

Answer 12

bard, young apprentices who memorized anglo-saxon poems

Question 13

Apostrophe

Answer 13

one word exclamation to begin the paragraph

Question 14

Epic

Answer 14

Long, formal narrative poem written in an elevated style that recounts the adventures of a hero of almost mythic proportions who embodies the traits of a nation or people

Question 15

Epic conventions

Answer 15

in medias res, epic similes…invokes the muse, long lists, superhuman feats, elevated style of writing

Question 16

Imagery

Answer 16

figurative language that evokes the five senses

Question 17

personification

Answer 17

giving human attributes to anything nonhuman

Question 18

foil

Answer 18

character who contrasts with the main character to accentuate the latter’s distinctive qualities or characteristics

Question 19

elegy

Answer 19

speech given at a funeral for the dead