Day 1
No Anglo-Saxon poem is more better known than Beowulf, the story of a
warrior.
Composed by an unknown poet that lived 1,200 years ago, this epic marks the
beginning of English literature.
Correct relative pronoun
Use of underlining or italics with title of long literary work
Elimination of double comparison
Day 1
No Anglo-Saxon poem is better known than Beowulf, the story of a warrior.
Elimination of double comparison
Use of underlining or italics with title of long literary work
Composed by an unknown poet who lived 1,200 years ago, this epic marks
the beginning of English literature.
Correct relative pronoun
Day 2
The warrior Beowulf embodies the most high ideals of his time, loyalty,
bravery, and selflessness.
Him and his followers sail to Denmark to defeat the fierce bloodthirsty monster
Grendel.
Correct superlative form of adjective
Correct pronoun case
Use of commas with coordinate adjectives
Use of colon before a list
Day 2
The warrior Beowulf embodies the highest ideals of his time: loyalty, bravery,
and selflessness.
Correct superlative form of adjective
Use of colon before a list
He and his followers sail to Denmark to defeat the fierce, bloodthirsty
monster Grendel.
Correct pronoun case
Use of commas with coordinate adjectives
Day 3
Beowulf was composed about A.D. 700 but three centuries had past before it
was first written down.
Anglo-Saxon singers memorized all 3,000 lines so they could recite the thing
to audiences.
Use of subordinating conjunction so that
Use of specific noun to improve style
Use of comma before coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence
Correction of commonly confused words
Day 3
Beowulf was composed about A.D. 700, but three centuries had passed
before it was first written down.
Use of comma before coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence
Correction of commonly confused words
Anglo-Saxon singers memorized all 3,000 lines so that they could recite the epic to
audiences.
Use of subordinating conjunction so that
Use of specific noun to improve style
Day 4
Sword ready Beowulf was laying in wait for the monster Grendel.
Grendel’s mother filled with rage seeked revenge for the death of her son.
Correction of commonly confused words
Use of commas with nonrestrictive participial phrase
Correct past form of irregular verb
Use of comma with absolute phrase
Day 4
Sword ready, Beowulf was lying in wait for the monster Grendel.
Use of comma with absolute phrase
Correction of commonly confused words
Grendel’s mother, filled with rage, sought revenge for the death of her son.
Use of commas with nonrestrictive participial phrase
Correct past form of irregular verb
Day 5
The poetry of Beowulf inspired J R R Tolkien, an Oxford scholar, to write The
Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings.
In these and other best-selling novels, Tolkien shows brave heros struggling
against Grendel like monsters.
Correct capitalization in titles
Use of hyphen with suffix -like
Use of periods with initials
Correct spelling of plural form
Day 5
The poetry of Beowulf inspired J.R.R. Tolkien, an Oxford scholar, to write
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
Use of periods with initials
Correct capitalization in titles
In these and other best-selling novels, Tolkien shows brave heroes struggling
against Grendel-like monsters.
Correct spelling of plural form
Use of hyphen with suffix like