Beowulf Lit Terms II

Literary Devices Examined in Beowulf

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The act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc
Teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson
An exaggeration
A short moral story (often with animal characters),
The central figure in a long narrative who possess larger -than-life qualities such as bravery, loya
In Anglo-Saxon poetry, a metaphorical phrase or compound word used to name a person, place, thing, o
A Greek word that implies rule or law, and is used in literature as the source which regulates which
A long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the value
A character who sets off another character by strong contrast
The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another.
A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely d
An indirect or passing reference to some event, person, place, or artistic work
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things without using a conne
An understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its c
A pause or break within a line of poetry, usually indicated by the natural ryhthm of the language
A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed wi