PPT-Literary Terms: Beowulf Alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in words usually at the beginning of the word that are close together Example P eter P i p er p icked a p eck of p ickled p. Critical reading: psychoanalytical, . marxist. , feminist. LQ: Can I compare poems . thematically while . analysing. language form and structure?. Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme, caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny. Introducing the Epic. Literary Focus: The Epic Hero. The Poetry of . Beowulf: . Caesuras, Alliteration, and Kennings. Feature Menu. the first great work of . English national literature.. the epic story of the hero Beowulf, who fights the demonic monster Grendel.. EOCT Vocabulary. Allegory. Allegory. . Allegory. . communicates its message by means of symbolic figures, actions or symbolic representation. . Alliteration. Alliteration is the repetition of identical beginning consonant sounds.. Alliteration. The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another. Often at the beginning of words. Increases poem’s rhythmic and musical effects. Makes a poem’s lines memorable. English novel Engl2349. . Dr. Sami S. . Breem. Plot. . plot/events/actions. . Aristotle’s plot-line/structure/diagram. introduction/exposition. . rising action/development. . climax/turning point. Beowulf. College Prep English. Mrs. Kazmaier. Epic Poem & Epic Hero . Elements of the Epic. Main character is a hero.. Hero is charged with a quest.. Hero is tested.. Mythical beings, magical animals, human helpers.. Vocab, & Grammar: . Practice AP Test #1. Multiple Choice. Do You Know:. PARALLELISM. Rhetorical and Literary Terms. PARALLELISM. is recurrent syntactical similarity. Several parts of a sentence or several sentences are expressed similarly to show that the ideas in the parts or sentences are equal in importance. Parallelism also adds balance and rhythm and, most importantly, clarity to the sentence.. Life, Religion, and History. They were German settlers from . Angeln. and Saxony. They arrived around 410 AD…after the fall of the Roman Empire.. The Jutes and the Frisians from Denmark also settled the British Isles at this time.. Purpose . A literary analysis is not merely a summary of a literary work.. Instead, it is an . argument. about the work that expresses a writer’s personal perspective, interpretation, judgment or critical evaluation of the work.. A pause in a line of verse dictated by sense or natural speech rhythm. . LYRIC. Words that accompany music.. (Since . Beowulf. was passed down orally, most of it could have/would have been sung). EPIC. United Kingdom = England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland. Celts (Mother Goddess/Arthur). Romans (55 . BC. Julius Caesar). Angles and the Saxons . (Germanic). Jutes . 410-800. Danes. Anglo-Saxon life. Tragedy:. A play in which a main character suffers a downfall as a result of outside forces or flaw. . Tragic flaw. : personality trait that leads to the downfall of the hero. en media res: (. Latin for “in the middle of things”) when the story starts in the middle of events, flashes back, then picks back up in real time. Literary Terms and Examples Symbolism: Using a symbol- a word or object that stands for an idea. What’s your example?? Foreshadowing: hints and clues that tip the reader off as to what is to come later in the work The repetition of beginning consonant sound in a line of poetry.. Example: Sally sold seashells by the sea shore.. Allusion. An allusion makes reference to a historical or literary person, place, or event with which the reader is assumed to be familiar. Many works of prose and poetry contain allusions to the Bible or classical mythology..