Traveling minstrels who composed or memorized oral literature and passed it down from generation to generation; to celebrate a battle or the return of a hero, people would gather in large communal banquet halls to here the stories.

A long narrative poem that recants in greave and stately language, the achievements or exploits of a larger than life hero who usually embodies his civilizations ideals.

Short verses that don't tell a story but express personal thoughts and feelings, Anglos-Saxon lyric poems are mostly religious in nature.

Anglo-Saxon monks who wrote manuscripts of the scpos oral compositions, the monks would insert the churches beliefs into the writings.

A traditional tale believed to be based on history.

Clues that will prepare readers for events that will happen later in a narritive/drama. literary technique (style)

A philosophical doctrine saying that all events are predetermined in advance for all the time and human beings are powerless to change them.

The idea that one can live immortally through their reputation or their fame. The stories of the scops often enhanced the idea or beleif that a hero could “stay alive” through the telling of their stories.

A pronounced pause in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line.

Poetry that uses alliteration of a specific sound in each line.

An understated phrase that is a backhanded way of saying something positive by denying something negative.

In oral poetry or written epics modeled on oral ones, a formalized nickname or adjective phrase used to identify or describe a person, a place, an event, or an object that occurs again an again in the poem; sometimes has a negative connotation.

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration not intended to be taken literally; usually for emphasis or to create humor.

A narrative work or olrama in which almost all the characters, settings and events are symbols representing abstract ideas and in which the overall purpose is to teach a moral.

In Old English, an imaginative metaphorical phrase used in place of a simple noun.

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AS Literary Terms

Question	Answer
Scops	Traveling minstrels who composed or memorized oral literature and passed it down from generation to generation; to celebrate a battle or the return of a hero, people would gather in large communal banquet halls to here the stories.
Epic Poem	A long narrative poem that recants in greave and stately language, the achievements or exploits of a larger than life hero who usually embodies his civilizations ideals.
Lyric Poem	Short verses that don't tell a story but express personal thoughts and feelings, Anglos-Saxon lyric poems are mostly religious in nature.
Scribes	Anglo-Saxon monks who wrote manuscripts of the scpos oral compositions, the monks would insert the churches beliefs into the writings.
Legends	A traditional tale believed to be based on history.
Foreshadowing	Clues that will prepare readers for events that will happen later in a narritive/drama. literary technique (style)
Fatalism	A philosophical doctrine saying that all events are predetermined in advance for all the time and human beings are powerless to change them.
Fame As Immortality	The idea that one can live immortally through their reputation or their fame. The stories of the scops often enhanced the idea or beleif that a hero could “stay alive” through the telling of their stories.
Caesure	A pronounced pause in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line.
Alliterative Verse	Poetry that uses alliteration of a specific sound in each line.
Litotes	An understated phrase that is a backhanded way of saying something positive by denying something negative.
Epithet	In oral poetry or written epics modeled on oral ones, a formalized nickname or adjective phrase used to identify or describe a person, a place, an event, or an object that occurs again an again in the poem; sometimes has a negative connotation.
Hyperbole	A figure of speech that uses exaggeration not intended to be taken literally; usually for emphasis or to create humor.
Allegory	A narrative work or olrama in which almost all the characters, settings and events are symbols representing abstract ideas and in which the overall purpose is to teach a moral.
Kenning	In Old English, an imaginative metaphorical phrase used in place of a simple noun.

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