Периоды английской литературы. Карпова В.А - 5 стр.

      Another important writer of prose was Aelfric. His works, such as the
Homilies3 and Lives of Saints, were mostly religious. They reflected Latin
models and were noted for their richness of style. He wrote out in Old English
the meaning of the first seven books of the Bible. His prose style is the best in
Old English, and he uses alliteration to join his sentences together. The Norman
Conquest (1066) however put an end to serious literary work in the Old English
language.

                                Word Study.
I.    Say the words in these pairs aloud, paying particular attention to where
      the strong stress lies.
         ′period - peri′odic              E′lizabeth - Eliza′bethan
      al′legory - alle′gorical                ′Jacob - Jaco′bean
        nar′rate - ′narrative               ′Victory - Vic′torian
   chro′nology - chrono′logical               pre′fer - ′prefrence
        ′history - his′torical               pre′vail - ′prevalence
           prose - pro′saic                ′indicate - indi′cation
     ′emphasis - em′phatic                  ′educate - edu′cation
         scheme - sche′matic                 ′situate - situ′ation
          ′poem - po′etic                      ap′ply - appli′cation
       ′German - Ger′manic                   re′store - resto′ration
       ′triumph - tri′umphant          al′literative - allite′ration

II.      Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right.
        anthology -     a. a list or table arranged according to the order
                           of time.
    representative -    b. a holy man.
               coin -   c. be active and successful.
       chronology -     d. account of events.
                title - e. a record of historical events, arranged in
                           order of time.
            homily -    f. unfairly generous treatment.
           flourish -   g. make better.
               epic -   h. a collection of poems or other writings, often
                           on the same subject.
         narrative -    i. the appearance of the same sound or sounds
                           at the beginning of two or more words that
                           are next to or close to each other.
          improve -     j. invent a word or phrase.
         chronicle -    k. a spoken or written piece of information
                           passed from one person to another.
             favour -   l. a form of oral religious instruction.

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    Homily - religious talk.

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