Vocabulary List #2 resolute – adj. determined vehemently –adv. violently infallible –adj....

Vocabulary List #2resolute – adj. determinedvehemently – adv. violentlyinfallible – adj. unable to fail or be wrongfurled – v. rolled uplavish – adj. extravagantassail – v. attackextolled – v. praised

Directions: Draw a picture for four of the words that you think will be hardest to

remember.

Beowulf Part II

Translated by Seamus Heaney

What had happened was…Beowulf’s HeadGold and Geats

Prince Beowulf King Beowulf

The Final Battle - 7high-born

rather no sword

won’t flinch

fate

fighting alone

Courage…Combat

trust own strength

rock-face –> Kenning

burst…barrow, blazing

gave a shout. || The

battle an angry dragon

Onomatopoeic Words

burst 305 and 317rumble 317writhed 320gliding 328slashed 337

Directions: Find 2 examples of each in the remaining pages (pgs. 35-38). Include the line

number on your paper.

Caesura – A pause in poetry in the middle of the line.

Kenning – Usually a two word pronoun that is a metaphor.

Alliteration – Repetition of a letter or sound at the beginning of successive words.

Onomatopoeic Words – Words that sound like their definitions.