| The Fall of Satan | Fall of Satan vocab | Poems | Beowulf | Random Vocab |
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What is the Author
John Milton
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What is trangress
to sin against
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What is a quatrain
a poem consisting of four lines of verse with a specific rhyme scheme
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What is woe
misery resulting from affliction
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What is portentous
full of significance
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What is the expert this story comes fromParr
Paradise Lost
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What is infernal
hellish
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What is an example of a quatrain
1) abab
2) abba 3) aabb 4) aaba, bbcb, ccdc, dddd -- chain rhyme |
What is Grendel's mother
water witch
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What is malicious
spiteful
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What is diction
The authors choice of words
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What is guile
cunning
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What is a couplet
two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
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What is Heorot Hall
King Hrothgar built this place for celebrations
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What is vizards
masks
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What is syntax
the way the sentences are structured
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What is affliction
suffering
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What is Cinquain
a five line stanza
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What is the death of beowulf
fatal battle wound
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What is homage
special honor expressed publicly
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What is ignomony
Dishonor or disgrace
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What is impetuous
forceful or violent
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What is a epic poem
a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
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What is Beowulf's father
character: Ecgtheow
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What is bequile
to pass time pleasantly
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