Directions: Follow the steps below to complete the activity. Step 1. Choose someone you know. It may be a relative or a family friend.

Step 2. Interview this person and take notes on their responses. Ask specific questions about their life.

Step 3. Write a biosketch of their life. Follow the format used in the online biosketch sites.

what is the underlined word ?

beowulf is filled with alliterations, caesuras, and kennings intended both to give the epic a musical, rhythmic quality and to assist the bard performing the epic in remembering the lines. just as the lyrics to our favorite songs are easier to remember than a context-free list of names or census data, poetic devices like those listed above stick in the bard's mind.

it is not known if beowulf was chanted, sung, or recited more like a modern day poem, but the poetic devices evident in the epic almost certainly had their origin in memorization and oral recitation.

how is the underlined gerund phrase used in the sentence?  

josh's plan, rushing the passer, seemed sound to us.

a.

object of a preposition

b.

direct object

c.

appositive

d.

subject