6V versnellers | week 6

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Literary history: Recap of what we learnt so far...

What topics will the questions be about next week?

Write a question you think you will get next week.

What are the three main periods in the English language?

What are kennings

1. A space between two lines, where one can take a breath
2. Two words put together that give the word a new meaning.
3. The same sounding letter at the beginning of each word

What historical event led to Middle English? bonus points for the year this happened.

Why are the names for the animals and the names for its meat different? (eg. pig and pork)

Macbeth

What are the three reasons that Shakespeare's language can be difficult to read?

Read the following extract. This is a poem from ww1. How do we know? Give two reasons.

Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling

Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time,

But someone still was yelling out and stumbling

And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime.—

Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,

As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.

In all my dreams before my helpless sight,

He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

What is an Iambic Pentameter

1. A rhyming scheme
2. A from of poetry
3. A type of rhythm in poetry