DIRECTIONS: Read these phrases from Beowulf. On the line preceding each one, write A if the phrase contains an apposition or write D if it contains a
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1. A Grendel, who haunted the moors, the wild /Marshes,
2.
Beowulf/ Swung his shield into place, held it / In front of him, facing the
entrance
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3.
"Your prince, Healfdane's son, protector / Of this people, only in friendship
instruct us,
4.
He carried that terrible trophy by the hair, /Brought it straight to where the
Danes sat, Drinking, the queen among them
5.
Sparkling hills, high and green /Jutting up over the shore,
6.
The best and most noble / Of his council debated remedies, sat / In secret
sessions, talking of terror /
7.
So Grendel ruled, fought with the righteous, / One against many, and won;
8.
Thev marched. Beowulf and his men And their guide, until they could see