Beowulf
Themes
Author's Purpose
Argumentative Writing
Miscellaneous
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Who is Beowulf?
What is the main character (protagonist) of Beowulf who defeats Grendel and saves his land.
100
What is the definition of Theme?
What is the main message or idea an author wants to get across in their writing.
100
What is the definition of author's purpose?
What is why an author writes a piece of reading.
100
What is the difference between fact and opinion?
What is a fact is something that can be PROVEN. It is not arguable. An opinion describes something that you think or feel. It CAN BE ARGUED.
100
Which sentence is punctuated correctly? a. The mayor announced, “City Hall is now fully accessible to people in wheelchairs.” b. The mayor announced, “City Hall is now fully accessible to people in wheelchairs”.
What is a.The mayor announced, “City Hall is now fully accessible to people in wheelchairs.”
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. . . Then he stopped, seeing the hall Crowded with sleeping warriors, stuffed With rows of young soldiers resting together. And his heart laughed, he relished the sight, Intended to tear the life from those bodies By morning; the monster's mind was hot With the thought of food and the feasting his belly Would soon know. But fate, that night, intended Grendel to gnaw the broken bones Of his last human supper. From these lines we can infer that Grendel is?
What is excited to kill some of the sleeping men.
200
What could be considered a theme of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?"
What is (responses will vary) Brekke will decide.
200
What are the THREE main author's purposes?
What is to entertain, to inform or persuade.
200
What is a CLAIM?
What is an author's main idea when writing a piece. It should be able to summarize what a written piece is about.
200
Which sentence is punctuated correctly? a. “At what time is the kickoff scheduled?” Kim asked. b. “At what time is the kickoff scheduled,” Kim asked?
What is a.“At what time is the kickoff scheduled?” Kim asked.
300
“Grendel snatched at the first Geat, He came to, ripped him apart, cut his body to bits with powerful jaws.” From this sentence, you can infer that Grendel is…
What is STRONG.
300
What are UNIVERSAL THEMES?
What is a theme that is shared among many stories, but the stories are all independent of each other. For example, there are many love stories but yet they are all different.
300
What can be considered a FOURTH author's purpose?
What is to express an opinion.
300
What is the difference between summarizing and paraphrasing?
Paraphrasing involves putting a passage from source material into your own words. A paraphrase must also be attributed to the original source. Summarizing involves putting the main idea(s) into your own words, including only the main point(s). Summaries are significantly shorter than the original and take a broad overview of the source material.
300
What does it mean to make inferences as you read?
What is the act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. (An educated guess)
400
What characteristics does Beowulf possess that makes him an “epic hero” (Must give 2 out of 3)
What is incredible strength, bravery, and wisdom
400
True or false: "The existence of good and evil occurs simultaneously" is an example of theme in Beowulf?
What is TRUE
400
What would be the author's purpose for writing a story about a family traveling cross country during the summer of the 1950s.
What is to entertain.
400
Where should a thesis statement ALWAYS be positioned in a piece of writing?
Where is the final sentence in the introductory paragraph.
400
Which of the following is the correct way to cite without plagiarizing? a. Stock values dropped almost 80% (“Stock”). b. Stocks “hit bottom” in 1932 and 1933. (Stock Market Crash Web site) c. The article says that stocks were at their highest in the 1920s. d. Stock values dropped by “80% from their highs in the late 1920s.” (no page)
What is a. Stock values dropped almost 80% (“Stock”).
500
What is a main THEME of Beowulf?
What is (responses will vary). Brekke will decide :)
500
What was the author's main purpose for writing Beowulf and how do you know?
What is to entertain. It is a mostly fictional story and fictional stories are meant for entertainment purposes.
500
What would be the author's purpose of writing a medical report describing the effects of steroids on the human body.
What is to INFORM.
500
What are the two ways to place in text citations in your writing?
What is to either say something like "According to _________, " or to place the citation at the end of the quote like ( ___________)
500
I myself am the weakest, of course, and in wit the most feeble; My life would be least missed, if we let out the truth. Only as you are my uncle have I any honor, For excepting your blood, I bear in my body slight virtue. This passage characterizes Sir Gawain as... a. dependent b. humble c. dishonorable d. humorous
What is b. Humble.
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