FUN

AND
SMART
 What has a face and two
hands but no arms or legs?

A clock
 What five-letter word
becomes shorter when you
add two letters to it?
short
Why did the boy bury his
flashlight?

Because the batteries died

Which letter of the alphabet
has the most water?

C
 What starts with a P, ends
with an E and has thousands
of letters?
The Post Office
What has to be broken
before you can use it?

An egg
 What occurs once in a
minute, twice in a moment,
and never in one thousand
years?
The letter M
Remember me
and later I
could be of
great help.
 RULE:
Use suffix “-er” with verbs
ending in a single consonant.

Examples:

Rap------rapper
Scrub------scrubber
Read-------reader
LET US TRY:

Travel----- Traveler
Loiter----- Loiterer
Grab---- grabber
Cheat----- cheater
Canvas----- canvasser
Cater----- caterer
Barter----- barterer
LO: To state what a kenning is.
To write examples of our own.
 A kenning is a way of describing
something using clues rather than

just saying what it is.

Each line is two words long.
It is is a metaphoric expression that replaces
a name or a noun. Often it is a compound of
two words and the words are hyphenated.
Kennings are usually associated with Old
Norse, Icelandic, and Anglo Saxon poetry.
The word kenning comes from the
Viking phrase kenna eitt við.

That means
"to express a thing in terms of another"
It is not as hard as it seems.

First think of something you want to

be the subject of your Kenning.

Such as…
Think about what the subject does….

 Gives tickets
 Takes money
 Steers the bus
 Follows a route
 Drives carefully
 Watches the road
Compose your poem….

Ticket giver
Money taker
Wheel turner
Route follower
Careful Driver
Road watcher
 Paw licker
Day dreamer
Milk drinker
Ball chaser
Dog hater
Mouse chaser
Stroke lover
 Ball chaser
Crowd pleaser
Fast runner
Sneaky diver
Corner taker
Goal scorer
Mate hugger
Nappy changer
Dinner maker
Face kisser
Big hugger
Mistake forgiver
Money giver
Taxi driver
Challenge setter
Whistle blower
Coffee drinker
Board writer
Book ticker
Big yawner
Children helper
Poem writing, Brain hurting, Thought provoking

Heat giver
Line reader
Light maker
Direction follower
Tan provider
Audience Pleaser
LET US HAVE SOME
MORE…
 KENNING MEANING

Light-of-battle Sword

Fighting-gear, battle-gear Body armor

Battle-sweat Blood

Life would have ended [...] Would have died

under wide earth
Modern Examples of Kennings
Kennings Related to Battle
Kennings Related to People