Beowulf Vocabulary



Beowulf Vocabulary: Words in Context NAME:_____________________________________

OBJECTIVE: practice skill needed for ACT and reading context texts in general as you better understand Beowulf.

1. Find these words in your text.

2. Read the preceding sentence, the sentence in which the word appears, and the sentence following it.

3. Fill in the chart with your predicted definition or synonym and the words that lead you to that conclusion.

4. After completing the chart, pair up and put an X in the Col 4 for each word that you and your partner predicted a similar or identical meaning for in Col 2.

5. Discuss the words that you did not have the same responses for and use context clues from Col 3 to convince your partner.

|COLUMN 1 |COLUMN 2 |COLUMN 3 |COL. 4 |

|word AS IT APPEARS IN TEXT |Predicted definition (1-5 words; synonyms or definitions) |Context clue words you used to come up with your prediction |MATCH? |

|rampaging (3) | | | |

|foundling (3) | | | |

|waxed (3) | | | |

|revered (3) | | | |

|balm (7) | | | |

|doled (7) | | | |

|harrowed (9) | | | |

|girdled (9) | | | |

|marauding (9) | | | |

|desolate (9) | | | |

|anathema (9) | | | |

|havoc (11) | | | |

|unrelenting (13) | | | |

|atrocious (13) | | | |

|disembarked (19) | | | |

|mongering (21) | | | |

|respite (21) | | | |

|undaunted (21) | | | |

|valiant (21) | | | |

|gallant (23) | | | |

|tapering (23) | | | |

|renowned (25) | | | |

|recompense (27) | | | |

|renounce (31) | | | |

|stalwart (35) | | | |

|minstrel (35) | | | |

|wallowing (37) | | | |

|pinioned (39) | | | |

|desolate (39) | | | |

|daunting (43) | | | |

|loping (49) | | | |

|baleful (49) | | | |

|spurned (49) | | | |

|ventured (51) | | | |

|unremitting (55) | | | |

|ignominious (57) | | | |

|refurbish (67) | | | |

|unscathed (67) | | | |

|embossed (69) | | | |

|sumptuous (69) | | | |

Literary Terms:

epic

canto

kenning

half-kenning

stanza

alliteration

theme

conflict

Writing terms:

thesis statement

parallelism

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