ELA
Identify the sentence structure: “Although it was late, we still decided to go out.”
Answer: What is a complex sentence?
After the first battle, what trophy does Beowulf hang from the rafters of the hall?
What is he hangs Grendel’s arm and shoulder from the rafters?
Why might Lucasta think the speaker in the poem is being unkind?
What is he is choosing to go to war rather than be by her side?
Correct the run-on: “I went to the store I bought some bread.”
Answer: "I went to the store, and I bought some bread."
Alternatively:
Answer: "I went to the store; I bought some bread."
Who was Harry Patch?
What are the four categories parts of speech?
What are nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Conjunctions, Interjections, Prepositions, sometimes articles?
Who is Grendel?
What is Grendel is a powerful monster who regularly attacks Herot?
What is the one thing the speaker loves more than Lucasta?
What is He loves the honor of fighting for his country more?
What does “valiant” mean, as it applies to 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'?
Answer: Brave or courageous.
What was Harry Patch’s view on war?
Answer: What is Harry Patch believed that war was futile and was against glorifying war, calling it organized murder?
The noun or pronoun that performs the action or is described.
Answer: What is a subject in a sentence?
Name a major theme in Beowulf.
Answer: What is heroism, loyalty, and the struggle between good and evil?
In Charge of the Light Brigade How many soldiers rode into battle?
What is 600?
What does “presume” mean in the context of 'To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars'?
Answer: What is to assume or suppose something without proof?
What is meant by an "accidental hero"?
Answer: An "accidental hero" refers to someone who becomes a hero not by seeking out heroism but by circumstances, often acting out of necessity or survival.
What is a metaphor?
Answer: What is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as."
Who is the author of Beowulf?
What is Anonymous?
What name does the speaker give the valley into which the six hundred ride?
The valley of Death.
Define “gruesome” as used in Beowulf.
Answer: What is horrifying, ghastly, grim, extremely unpleasant, shocking, grim, repulsive.
How did Harry Patch become a symbol of peace later in life?
Answer: What is after the war, Harry Patch spoke out against the horrors of war and advocated for peace, gaining recognition as a symbol of reconciliation and anti-war sentiment.
Bonus
500
Name three literary devices in "Beowulf."
Answer: What is imagery, symbolism,metaphor, onomatopoeia, alliteration, simile, irony?
Who is the of author of "The Charge of the Light Brigade?"
Who is Alfred Lord Tennyson?
What does “valiant” mean, as it applies to 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'?
Answer: Brave or courageous.
What lesson can we learn from Harry Patch’s life and the concept of an "accidental hero"?