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When the hunting starts, the Host hunts down and kills a _______ on the second day.
The third morning the Host's wife enters Gawain's bedroom, this she gives Gawain ______, something she has NOT given him before and he accepts it as a gift.
When the hunting starts, the Host hunts down and kills a _______ on the first day.
The means of assessing student writing should be determined once students have completed their writing assignments.
Teachers can help ensure student success in writing by (select all that apply):
Meter - A unit of _____ in poetry, the pattern of the beats.
Line Break - A line break is a poetic device that is used at the end of a line, and the _____ of the next line in a poem.
Enjambment - The _____ of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
Rhyme Scheme - The formal arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or a poem. It is one of a number of set rhyme _____.
Free Verse - An _____ form of poetry that does not have a consistent use of meter, patterns, or rhyme.
Prose - Refers to any written work that follows a basic grammatical _____, such as standard punctuation and the lack of line breaks, but combines _____ and metric elements of traditional poetry.
Stanza - A _____ of a poem consisting of two or more lines arranged together as a unit.
Couplet - _____ consecutive lines of poetry that typically rhyme and have the same meter.
Figurative Language - Refers to language that is not _____; it suggests a comparison to something else, so that one thing is seen in terms of another.
I did something in Manila I had never done before: I attempted to act and speak, as much as my dignity would permit, more like an American".
The Manhunt' ostensibly describes a wife and her views on her partner's experiences in the military. She explores issues with her partner's physical and mental health. Originally it was going to be called "Laura's poem". The poem is melancholy and uses a lot of striking metaphors to create an image of a man that has been through a great deal of torment, both physical and mental, and is quite changed due to the ordeal.
Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard; I am a lover of America."
Nom d'institution politique Les titres devant les noms propresMots dans les titres de livres/films sauf les mots grammaticaux Jour de la semaine MoisFêtes Période historiqueNom et adj en lien avec la religion Nom et adj de nationalité
"America, too, was descending into a dangerous nostalgia at that time. There was something undeniably retro about the flags and uniforms, about generals addressing cameras in war rooms and newspaper headlines featuring such words as duty and honor. I had always thought of America as a nation that looked forward; for the first time I was struck by its determination to look back." page 115
The speaker begins by situating the poem after the "first phase" directly following her husband's return, thus highlighting how his homecoming has changed the nature of their relationship. The "passionate nights and intimate days" of this first phase are reminiscent of a honeymoon period, the euphoric early stage of a new relationship.