Journal Entry 1

Kennings
What common object do all of the following kennings describe? What essential quality of the object does each kenning focus on? Arrow aimerDust terrorAntique printerTickle toolFowl Fashion
One of the literary devices popular in the Anglo-Saxon Old English poetry tradition is the kenning. Read the definition below and ready yourself to take a stab at this delightfully metaphorical way of speaking, writing, and thinking.
kenning - a literary device in which a noun is renamed in a creative way using a compound word or union of two separate words to combine ideas
If you call "school" a "scholar's home" -- then you have created a kenning.If you tell your friends that your parents are the "car loaners" -- then you have created a kenning.The folks at Coca-Cola might agree that a cold Coke is "humanity's beverage."

Create a kenning for a person, a place, and a thing.(3 in all) Provide Mrs. Mick with the answer and see if your classmates can guess the answer.