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Anjo-Saxon
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Oral Literature | Storytelling spoken out loud rather than written in books. |
| How did Anglo-Saxons learned history? | Through traveling poets called Scopes. |
| What do Scopes do? | Scopes would recite long tales while strumming a wooden harp. |
| Who is Beowulf? | He was originally an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet. |
| What several things are important to Anglo-Saxon culture? | Honor, Loyalty, Religion, Traditions, and Good vs Evil. |
| Code of Conitatus | Reciprocal code of honor and loyalty. |
| Epic | A long story told in a high style about a brave hero and great events |
| Kenning | A metaphoric compound of two words. |
| Litote | A figure of speech and form of understatement that uses a double negative to express a positive. |