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BEOWULF ENGLISH Anglo-Saxon Period – earliest recorded time Hrothgar period in English history - Danish king Anglo-Saxon Literature - Tormented by Grendel - Few people read in this for 12 yrs. period - Loses many men to - oral tradition Grendel - S...

BEOWULF ENGLISH Anglo-Saxon Period – earliest recorded time Hrothgar period in English history - Danish king Anglo-Saxon Literature - Tormented by Grendel - Few people read in this for 12 yrs. period - Loses many men to - oral tradition Grendel - Several versions of the - Joyless before Beowulf’s same story arrival - Scops – poet/minstrels Grendel - authors were unknown - Referred to as demon Anglo-Saxon Nature and evil spirit - fierce, hardly life of - Haunts the warriors warrior and seamen - Feasts on 30 men the - strength, night of 1st attack courage,leadership Grendel’s Mother abilities appreciated - Lives under a lake - expected the hero to - Challenges Hrothgar boast when she kills one of his Epic Poetry best men - Work of fiction Fire Dragon Beo – “bright” or “noble” - Lives in Beowulf’s - “bear” kingdom Wulf – “wolf” - wakes up when thief THE STORY OF BEOWULF steals cup Guards - Marks the beginning of countless treasures English literature Wiglaf - written in old English - Loyal warrior - 400 or 500 A.D CHARACTERS: Beowulf - Epic hero - Geat (from southern Sweden)  MOTHER TO ENGLISH THE LOTTERY SONart of Poetry – is the Shirley Jackson making poems - Born on December Poem – a piece of 14,1916 composition in which the - Died on August 8,1965 verses or words are - American writer known arranged in a beautiful and for her works or horror rhythmic quality and mystery Poet – makes poems - 200 short stories Persona – “the mark of an CHARACTERS actor” Tessie Hutchinson – Addressee – mother listener/reader Bill Hutchinson – father Imagery – is when a writer Bill jr. – son invokes the five senses Nancy – 12 yrs old Tacks – short nails with Davy – toddler sharp point and large head Mr. Summers Stairs – support of the foot Old Man Warner while ascending or SETTINGS descending a stairway - A warm day of June 27th Splinter – a small thin - TheTHEvillagers MAN WITH gather THEto sharp bit the square Edwin Markham HOE Crystal – a solid having a CONFLICT - Born on April 23, 1852 in highly regular atomic - Man vs. Society Oregon City, Oregon structure - Died on March 7, 1940 in Bare – lacking New York City embellishment or - American poet and ornamentation educator Langston Hughes - Socially conscious poetry - African American poet “ L’homme a la houe” by and leader of the Harlem jean-francois Millet Renaissance - 1902-1967  MAKING ENGLISH VUCA CONNECTIONS V – Volatile TEXT CONNECTIONS U – uncertain - Links that readers can C – complex make between what they A – ambiguous are reading and things they already know VUCA – come from US about. military. They started Text to Self using this term in late 90s - Connections with my for the post-cold war world own life, people I know, Volatility places I’m familiar with, - Ability to change things things I like to do, quickly and feelings I’ve experienced unexpectedly Text to Text - How things can shift - Connections with other overnight forms of literature I’ve - Rise or fall read such as books - Rate of change Text to World Uncertainty - Connections with real - Outcomes are world events unpredictable - Things I’ve seen on the - Unclear about the news or read about on present the internet Complexity - Many different, interconnected factors come into play - Multiple key decision factors Ambiguity - Lack or clarity about how to interpret something - Lack of clarity about  UNFAMILIAR SERAPHIM WORDS ENGLISH - Celestial or heavenly being - Angels with multiple wings PORTENTS - Signs or warnings PLEIADES - Cluster of stars in the constellation taurus - Seven sisters in mythology PERFIDIOUS - Untrustworthy RAPTURE - Feeling of intense joy or ecstasy STOLID - Emotionalpy calm - Showing little or no emotion BEAMED - Smiled very happily CLUNG - Held tightly LAPSE - End without being renewed LOTTERY - A contest which tickets are distributed or sold PARAPHERNALIA - Equipment BOISTEROUS