Anglo Saxons The Origins Of Literature And Literary Elements Jeopardy Template

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100 What is an alliteration. What is the literary element which evolved from alliterative verse in Old English?	100 What are Latin, Greek, and German. Latin- 55% Greek- 10% German- 1% Which languages were used in creating the Modern English language? BONUS Which percent of each language was used?	100 What are the Runes. What did the Old English use for letters?	100 What is alliterative verse. What form of Old English Literature was preserved into Modern English and evolved to become alliterations in Modern English?	100 Who was Thomas Jefferson. This person was a founding father, also very interested in the Anglo-Saxon/ Old English language.
200 What are understatements. The literary elements 'litotes' are the Old English version of what?	200 Who are the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. They make up the Anglo Saxon language. In the 5th Century, Great Britain was invaded by the three Germanic tribes. What are these called and which language do they make up?	200 Kennings are made up words, created from two combined words resulting in a poetic sounding word. What were kennings?	200 What is a cow. Which animal is represented in this riddle? "Four dilly-dandies Four stick standies Two crookers Two lookers And a wig wag"	200 What is 26-33. There are these many letters in the Anglo-Frisian runes.
300 What is the kenning. What is the literary element used to physically describe something based on its appearance or use, which occurred in the Old English period?	300 He was influenced by the language, ideas, and culture of the Anglo-Saxons. Tolkien referenced Beowulf and changed the ideas from Beowulf/Anglo-Saxons. For example, Thenga was a nobleman in Beowulf was changed to Thane, a character in his stories. How did the epic poem,Beowulf, influence J.R.R. Tolkien on his literature?	300 Combination of multiple languages, primarily Latin, German, Dutch and from the languages of the Anglo's, Saxon's, and Jutes BONUS They would use runes in chants or poems to make magical spells or to fix problems. How did Runes originate? BONUS QUESTIONS: What/how are runes used?	300 It would typically include emigration/settlement and battles. Also, typically the characters would focus on overcoming personal challenges and trying to take control of their fate. What was a typical pattern that occurred in Heroic or Epic Verse poetry?	300 What is the early eighth century. Old English began to appear in writing during this century.
400 What is the Nowell Codex. Name the document that is known as the Beowulf manuscript and contains information regarding St. Christopher.	400 What is the invasion of 1066. Which event significantly marks the date of which Old English literature was changed into Middle English literature?	400 What are A, E, I, O, U, Y, & LE. vowels changed depending on the use of them. in one words they could have a long sound and in the same word they could also have a short sound, which changed the meaning of the word. Name the vowels and how they changed	400 what is a scop. What was a multipurpose storyteller in the Anglo-Saxon time period referred to as?	400 What were West Saxon, Mercian, Northumbrian, and Kentish. These were the four main dialects of Anglo-Saxon/ Old English.
500 What is formula. When you want to emphasize a certain point in a poem, which type of literary element do you use?	500 Old English: 449-1100 Middle English: 1100-1500 Modern English: 1500-present BONUS: Modern English! Name the time frames of old English literature, middle English literature, and modern English literature. BONUS Which time period includes Shakespeare?	500 What is prose. The Anglo-Saxon chronicle evolved into which form of literature?	500 What is 'ring giver.' Rings became such a common gift to scops from the chiefs that the referred to the chiefs as 'beag-gifa' which meant what?

Anglo Saxons; The Origins of Literature and Literary Elements

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