English 4

Lesson 1- History

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Research the Anglo Saxon Period online or from a textbook.
The following are exercises relating to this time period.

Anglo-Saxon Times:

1. Explain the following:

1.Traits of an Epic Hero: Strong, wise, brave, tough

2.Woman’s role in Anglo-Saxon Culture: making clothes, having, raising, and educating children, household chores, check over slaves, be a hotess when needed

3.Rome’s Role in Britain in Anglo-Saxon Times:

4.Anglo-Saxon life was dominated by the need to:The need to protect their clan from enemies

5. The Christian Monasteries:

Vocabulary of the times

2. Define the following and give an example of each or use in a sentence.

1.Elegy- a sad song/poem for a dead person or people

2.Epic- heroic, great; or a story of a heroic person and the events that made them so

3.Kenning- a conventional poetic phrase used for or in addition to the usual name of a person or thing, esp. in Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon verse, as “a wave traveler” for “a boat.”

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kenning

4.Symbol- an object or thing that represents something else

5.Alliteration Repeated consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words. Alliteration is used to create melody, establish mood, call attention to important words, and point out similarities and contrasts. Example: wide-eyed and wondering while we wait for others to waken.

http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/yorba/literary_elements.htm

6.Caesura- a break, esp. a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse, and marked in scansion by a double vertical line, as in know then thyself ‖ presume not god to scan.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Caesura+

7.Tone- The author's attitude for the story. The tone can be determined by the word choice of the author and the actions of the characters in the story.

http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/yorba/literary_elements.htm

8.Themes Main idea of the story. Themes can be expressed by the emotions in the story, the characters, the thoughts and dialogue, and through the actions and events that occur.

9.Comparison- A way of developing ideas in writing by showing similarities between or among things.

http://literaryterms.blogspot.com/2006/02/literary-devices.html

10.Contrast- In literature, an author writes contrast when he or she describes the difference(s) between two or more entities.

Ex: Swiss cheese is white, where cheddar is orange.

http://literaryterms.blogspot.com/2006/02/literary-devices.html

11.Scops- an Old English poet or bard

12.Synonym words with the same or similar meaning

13 Reprisal- revenge