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Literary terms
| Questions |
Answers |
| The commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group |
Alliteration |
| The author uses a twist of words, figure of speech or magic poetic phrase or a newly created compound sentence or phrase to refer to a person, object, place, action or idea. |
Kennings |
| the language of the English people from the time of the earliest documents in the seventh century to about 1100 |
Old English |
| a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. |
Epic Poetry |
| a literary genre comprised of fictional works of chivalry and adventures from the Middle Ages. |
Medieval Romance |
| a form of the English language spoken after the Norman conquest (1066) until the late 15th century. |
Middle English |
| story within a story, within sometimes yet another story |
Frame Narrative |
