Exam Study Guide: The Anglo-Saxons and Co.

Review for Quiz - Thanes and Peace-weavers, here is a study guide for your reviewing pleasure (test is on block days - Wed and Thurs of this week).

• Beowulf - plot, characters, thematic developments (see study guide) 

• The Anglo-Saxon historical overview (you should have already opened the document in Notability, but if you don't have it, go to Google Classroom and get it there; it's entitled "Brit Lit - Historical Eras").
• Pay specific attention to the following things:
• What the Romans brought to the British Isles
• Central government
• strong infrastructure - roads, aqueducts, walls  
• Anglo-Saxons
• Religion
• Tribal system of government (decentralized)
• Monasteries as centers of learning 
• Alfred the Great - why was he so great?
• Scop - an Anglo-Saxon poet, a "shaper"   

• Mnemonic devices: ICRAVN and MCGVR

• Old English Verse and imagery below
• imagery - language that appeals to the senses
• tactile - touch
• visual - sight
• aural - sound
• gustatory - taste
• olfactory - smell
• kinesthetic - movement   

• GUM: 
• sentence types
• clauses
• subjects and verbs (or predicates)