The Two Towers
They ran on foot many miles trying to find Merry and Pippin who were carried away by the Orcs.
Who are Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas?
When Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas are in Fangorn, looking for the hobbits, they see an old man approaching them from the forest. Who did they think the old man was?
Who is Saruman?
This sentence tells what the paragraph is about.
What is the topic sentence?
Someone who is not injured in battle. an adjective
What is unscathed?
To look for something or examine something. a verb
What is to investigate?
This group of men killed all the Orcs in a battle at night and the battle allowed Merry and Pippin to escape.
Who are the Riders of Rohan?
Gandalf, now, Gandalf the White, rides the chief of the Mearas, lord of horses. He has a name for his horse
This horse is amazing for several reasons.
What is Shadowfax?
What is fast, powerful runner, devoted to Gandalf,
can hear a whistle calling him from miles away and comes immediately.
All the sentences in the paragraph relate to this.
What is the topic sentence?
To tread on and crush the ground. The orcs did this to the ground as they ran towards Isengard.
a verb
What is to trample?
a tall, narrow, solid structure used to support parts of a building (a noun)
What is a pillar?
In Fangorn Forest, Merry and Pippin meet an old, talking tree creature. What is his name?
Who is Treebeard?
King Theoden is revived by Gandalf and learns of the danger his people face. He leads his army into battle against Saruman and sends Eomer's sister to lead the people to Helms Deep. What is her name?
Who is the Lady Eowyn?
This sentence summarizes the paragraph.
The concluding sentence.
Things that happen that are out of a person's control
a noun
What is fate?
This is when you follow someone or something in order to catch or attack them. verb
What is to pursue?
The Ents have a strong belief (or motto) that affects everything they do and the decisions they make.
What is, "Don't be hasty."
The Rohan people go to Helm's deep for safety and King Theoden, Legolas, Gimli and Aragorn go also because of several reasons. Name one reason.
What is to defend the kingdom of Rohan, to prepare for battle against Saruman's army. Also, because Helm's deep is a strong fortress, never conquered.
The concluding sentence of a paragraph does not contain this.
Any new information.
To feel badly about something you did or didn't say or do. a verb
What is regret or regretted?
Gandolf rides off to Minas Tirith with who else on Shadowfax?
Who is Pippin?
Besides their great strength, there were other factors that contributed to the Ent's destroying Isengard and Saruman's evil plan.
What are 1) it was a surprise attack and Saruman had not prepared for it, and 2) Saruman had sent his Army to Helms Deep so there was no one there to defend Isengard?
What are three reasons that Saruman's army was defeated at Helm's Deep?
What are 1) King Theoden and his Lords and Aragorn, ride out as the Horn of the Helm rang out and intimidated the orcs, 2) Gandalf arrives, 3. The trees come to help, 4. Erkenbrand comes with 1000 men and 5) the army of Rohan comes out of Helms Deep to fight.
This makes the first line of a paragraph different from the other lines?
What is the indented?
To do something quickly, without a lot of thought.
an adjective
What is hasty?
Now that Saruman is "out of the picture", what do you think is Gandalf's greatest concern for the success of the Fellowship?
What is that Sauron does not discover Frodo and Sam? or What is that Frodo destroys the Ring?