1. Writing Style
English 12 -- Mrs. Gillmore
Use of
Appositives
and
Participials
in Beowulf

2. Appositives in Beowulf
He was spawned in that slime,
Conceived by a pair of those monsters born
of Cain, murderous creatures banished
By God, punished forever for the crime
Of Abel’s death.

3. Appositives in Beowulf
He was spawned in that slime,
Conceived by a pair of those monsters born
of Cain, murderous creatures banished
By God, punished forever for the crime
Of Abel’s death.

4. Participials in Beowulf
He was spawned in that slime,
Conceived by a pair of those monsters born
of Cain, murderous creatures banished
By God, punished forever for the crime
Of Abel’s death.

5. Participials in Beowulf
He was spawned in that slime,
Conceived by a pair of those monsters born
of Cain, murderous creatures banished
By God, punished forever for the crime
Of Abel’s death.

6. Allusions in Beowulf
He was spawned in that slime,
Conceived by a pair of those monsters born
of Cain, murderous creatures banished
By God, punished forever for the crime
Of Abel’s death.

7. Allusions in Beowulf
He was spawned in that slime,
Conceived by a pair of those monsters born
of Cain, murderous creatures banished
By God, punished forever for the crime
Of Abel’s death.
REMINDER: Beowulf was transcribed by monks…thus, the Christian emphasis.

8. Next Quote! Find the Appositive.
Listen! I’ve stood on these cliffs longer
Than you know, keeping our coast free
From pirates, raiders sneaking ashore
From their ships, seeking our lives and our gold.

9. Next Quote! Find the Appositive.
Listen! I’ve stood on these cliffs longer
Than you know, keeping our coast free
From pirates, raiders sneaking ashore
From their ships, seeking our lives and our gold.

10. Next Quote! Find the Participials.
Listen! I’ve stood on these cliffs longer
Than you know, keeping our coast free
From pirates, raiders sneaking ashore
From their ships, seeking our lives and our gold.

11. Next Quote! Find the Participials.
Listen! I’ve stood on these cliffs longer
Than you know, keeping our coast free
From pirates, raiders sneaking ashore
From their ships, seeking our lives and our gold.
Yes! Love their writing style…and diction!

12. YOUR Turn!
Glittering at the top
Of their golden helmets wild boar heads gleamed,
Shining decorations, swinging at they marched…

13. YOUR Turn!
Glittering at the top
Of their golden helmets wild boar heads gleamed,
Shining decorations, swinging at they marched…