Across
- 6. a pattern that appears in literature across cultures and is repeated through the ages
- 9. the strip of wood or stone at the bottom of the doorway
- 11. use of the same letter or consonant sound
- 13. a superior skill learned by study and practice
- 14. the king's council
- 16. the name of beowulf's sword
Down
- 1. adjectives that point out special traits of particular people or things
- 2. a heroic trait
- 3. an understatement affirmed by stating the negative of its opposite
- 4. an english monk at the monastery of St Peter
- 5. fate or personal destiny
- 7. healfdane's son
- 8. having a bad reputation
- 10. old english storytellers of anglo saxon poetry
- 12. a descriptive phrase or compound word that substitutes for a noun
- 15. narrative poem about extraordinary characters and events.