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English: Unit 1 Terms
English: Unit 1 "From Legend to History 449 - 1485" Terms
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12th Grade
09/11/2016

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The Seafarer
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On sea he longed for the land, on the land he longed for the sea. His only real home is in Heaven with God.
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The Wife’s Lament
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Wife is exiled by Husband and his people – his family lied to him and he exiled her. Wife is mourning and hopes that her husband is mourning too.
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Grievous
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Causing sorrow; Hard to bear
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Winsomeness
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Charm; Delightful
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Rapture
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Joy; Great pleasure
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Redress
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Compensation, as for a wrong
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Blithe
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Cheerful
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Caesura
Definition
Rhythmic breaks in the middle of lines, where the reciter could pause for a breath.
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Kenning
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Two-word poetic renaming of people, places, and things, such as the kenning “whales’ home” for the sea
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Assonance
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The repetition of vowel sounds in unrhymed, stressed syllables
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Alliteration
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Repetition of initial consonant sounds in accented syllables
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Lyric
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Poem expressing deep emotion
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Scop
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Traveling storytellers
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Beowulf
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Epic hero who slays monsters
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Wiglaf
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Represent the loyal companionship archetype
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Solace
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Comfort; belief
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Purge
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Purify; cleanse
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Writhing
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Making twisting or turning motions
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Massive
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Big and solid; bulky
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Loathsome
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Disgusting
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Epic
Definition
Long narrative poem, sometimes told orally, that celebrates the deeds of a legendary or heroic figure.
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Legendary hero
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Larger-than-life character whose accomplishments are celebrated in traditional tales.
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Paraphrase
Definition
Identifying the key details in a passage and restating them in your own words.
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Compound Predicate
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two or more verbs or verb phrases that share the same subject and are joined by a conjunction
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Appositive
Definition
noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.
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