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Cite qualities Understand Describe of an epic the poetic Anglo Saxon hero. devices in Culture and Anglo-Saxon Literature. poetry. consisted of cultural tribes: Angles, Jutes, and Saxons from northern Germany and Southern Sca...

Cite qualities Understand Describe of an epic the poetic Anglo Saxon hero. devices in Culture and Anglo-Saxon Literature. poetry. consisted of cultural tribes: Angles, Jutes, and Saxons from northern Germany and Southern Scandinavia in the fifth century  hospitality/ CLANS AND banquets & paganism/ TRIBES generosity Christianity (warriors)  oral loyalty & fate tradition heroism Sometimes, the king, himself also sang of his own adventures. A. True B. False  The Anglo-Saxon period was marked by bloody conflicts, ignorance, violence, and barbarism. A. True B. False  Courts of law superseded the old pagan laws of vengeance and blood feuds. A. True B. False  Pagan ideas and practices gradually gave way to Christian ideals and to a concern with Christian ethical values. A. True B. False  The monasteries were the centers of intellectual, literary artistic, and social activity in Anglo-Saxon Britain. A. True B. False  The epic hero entertained the company with retellings of stories and poems about the exploits of tribal heroes. A. True B. False OLD ENGLISH Old English literature written in Old language was English, during the 600-year Anglo- in use. Saxon period of England, from the mid-5th century to the Norman Conquest of 1066..  sermons/ epic Bible legal works/ hagiography poetry/riddles translations chronicles  preserves a Anglo-Saxon chronology of early Chronicle English history (time of King Alfred’s reign-871–899)  the oldest surviving BEOWULF epic and the longest Old English poem  Stories were told orally in poem or song form (most people could not read or write)  Stories were often filled with violence and gore. Stories provided moral instruction.  Most stories were about heroic warriors prevailing in battle. Characters were driven by fate and their courage was tested. metaphors repetition similes alliteration  Enjambment Caesura Kenning The running-over of Epithet A pause in a a sentence or -compound -substitute for line of phrase from one noun or the name or title poetry poetic line to the descriptive of the person next, without phrase terminal punctuation  sin-stained demon And noble bearing. But now I must know Your birth and breeding, nor may you come In cunning stealth upon Danish soil  Compound word or KENNING descriptive phrase that describes and functions as a noun gift-giver storm of swords (battle) sun of the houses (fire)  Term used as descriptive EPITHET substitute for the name or title of a person The Lord of All Life Hero of all heroes Lord of the Seamen 1. swan’s road lady 2. world candle sun 3. ring-giver body 4. life’s house feather 5. bird’s joy sea 6. fresh-tarred ship floater prince,king 7. loaf-sharer.  Write a character sketch of a living person you look up to as a hero. You may follow the given template and incorporate your own design as long as content is not sacrificed. Deadline: Sept.3, 2024 A4 size bond paper RUBRICS FOR GRADING:  CONTENT (completeness of descriptions) (2 pts. each item) 20  PICTURE/ILLUSTRATION and LAY-OUT/DESIGN 5 TOTAL: 25