Literary history - part 1
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Name two characteristics of the literature in the Medieval Period.
Slide 5 - Open question
In which language was Caedmon's Hymn written?
Slide 6 - Mind map
What is a 'caesura'?
A
a type of poem
B
the word for 'poem' in Old English
C
a break in a line
D
a hymn
Slide 7 - Quiz
The Canterbury Tales
Le Morte d'Arthur
Beowulf
Sir Thomas Malory
Anonymous
Geoffrey Chaucer
Slide 8 - Drag question
Slide 9 - Slide
Which instrument that was founded in the Renaissance was so important to literature?
Slide 10 - Mind map
What does 'renaissance' mean?
Slide 11 - Open question
Poet
major thinker
playwright
William Shakespeare
John Donne
Philp Sidney
Slide 12 - Drag question
Slide 13 - Slide
Who was restored to the English throne during the Restoration Period?
Slide 14 - Mind map
What is the name for a pair of rhyming lines in iambic pentametre?
A
epic
B
heroic couplet
C
metaphysical
D
elegiac
Slide 15 - Quiz
The Pilgrim's Progress
Mac Flecknoe
Paradise Lost
John Milton
John Dryden
John Bunyan
