English IV Unit 1 Review

The perspective from which a story is told.

Joins words or phrases.

The main character in a story.  Takes part in most actions or events in story.

Used at the end of a complete sentence that is a statement.

This is the second step in the research process created by what you need to know.

"The quiet, beautiful girl went" is an example of ...

The central idea, concern, or message in a text.  Example: Good planning is important.

A long narrative in a story or poem about a hero who symbolizes the values of a cultural group.

The series of actions and events that take place in a story.

A mnemonic device used to remember the most common conjunctions.

Artistic tools that a writer uses to give readers a great understanding of the story.

A complete sentence contains a subject and a....

A character who causes conflict for the main character in a story.  Usually a major character.

King Hrothgar and the Danes shower Beowulf with honor and treasure.

You are not the kind of person who can tell a lie.  Point of View?

The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together.  

Describes a noun.  

How a group of people without a written language pass down history, beliefs, and traditions.

Shows relationship between noun and another word in sentence.

Used after a direct question or when a sentence is half statement and half question.

A persuasive appeal to one's sense of logic, using factual information to make an argument.

The bravest of Geatland's warriors volunteers to help Beowulf.

A method of looking for, analyzing, and sharing information. 

He did all of his homework last night.  Point of View?

A persuasive appeal that brings out emotion.

Used to separate listed words or items, city and states, and days from years.

Beowulf faces Grendel alone and unarmed.  He tears off the monster's arm, killing him.

Shows action or a state of being.

A story in which characters, settings, and actions stand for something beyond themselves.

Used when showing importance or surprise.

If you have a singular subject, then you need a singular or plural verb?

"Johnny went here and there and everywhere" is an example of....

A strategy used to help people remember something.

Replaces a noun.

A persuasive appeal based on trust, usually featuring a celebrity or professional.

Written in Anglo-Saxon, the oldest known literature that would become English.

The repetition of beginning sounds in words in a sentence or line of poetry.

A literary element that can be fiction or nonfiction and written in the 1st or 3rd person POV.

The sentence, "The grass grows green in the graveyard" is an example of...

Comparing two unlike things by using "like" or "as".  Example: He is like a clever, old fox.

I witnessed a car accident on my way to work this morning.  Point of View?

Despite his honor in Denmark, Beowulf longs to return to Geatland.

Themain thought or idea of research. It is the subject of a speech or paper. 

What culture has strong leaders whose warriors protect their people from other tribes?

Describes a verb, an adjective, or adverb.

A struggle between opposing forces and/or characters.

The time and place in which a story occurs.

Grendel's mother overpower's Beowulf when he grabs a magical sword and kills her.

Names a person, place, thing, or idea.  

A device used by writers to develop a piece of writing. They must be present to tell a story.

The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in words that are close together.

Comparing two unlike things without using a connecting word such as "like" or "as".

Using the five senses in writing.  For example, "The river roared in the mountains." 

Beowulf returns home, a stronger and wiser man, in time becoming the king of Geatland.

The celebration is interrupted by Grendel's mother, who kills the king's best-loved warriors.

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickles" is an example of... 

A literary technique using symbols to express ideas or qualities in writing, art, or music.

Used in place of a period for two sentences where the conjunction has been left out.

What is the Epic Hero's quest or challenge and can be represented in nine steps?

Expresses strong emotion or feeling.

Beowulf is determined to help the Danes who have been driven from their homes by a monster. 

In Unit 1, Lesson 1, you learned that there are two kinds of Literary Devices.  What are they?