Beowulf Worksheet
This printable matching worksheet on the topic of Classic Literature has 11 questions and answers to match. This matching worksheet is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Description
Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
Two nouns in place of one; a compressed metaphor.
A break in a verse where one phrase ends and the following phrase begins.
An Old English concept roughly corresponding to fate.
The blood price paid to a family/tribe after killing a member of that family/tribe.
Similar to a bard; a performer of oral poetry.
Serious or mournful; a poem for the dead.
A passionate or demonstrative expression of grief.
Of persons (†and animals): Strongly and stoutly built, sturdy, robust.
Something unwelcome or unpleasant: flourishing or spreading unchecked; unrestrained, running wild.
To take (esp. euphemistic by misappropriation) and make use of (unemployed or unattended property).
