Kennings are compound, descriptive phrases with metaphorical or figurative meaning that stand in for ordinary nouns and proper nouns. They were common in old english and old norse literature and were used to add poetic dimension to terms that were often used in their language, they describe this common things in a new and descriptive way. The epic poem Beowulf is full of kennings and I think is from where the example of the question is taken.
I belive that the term battle-shafts could refer to arrows because the author use many kennings about weapons or gear for the battle using "battle" as a prefix before another noun; and a shaft is a long rode or pole specially the body of a weapon; it could also be a sword but it is used the metaphor "light of battle" to describe it during the story. Coming back to the term of the question and being a shaft rode or pole we can imagine that the author want to describe a pole used for battle and the weapon most likely to be described as a pole I believe is an arrow.
Other kennings with the term battle used in the epic poem of Beowulf are: "battle-gear" to describe armor; "battle-sweat" to mean blood; "light-of-battle" to describe a sword.
And finally other examples of kennings but not using the term battle are: "whale-road" to describe the sea; "sky-candle" meaning the sun: "ring-giver" refering to a king; "sleep-of-the-sword" to describe death and so on.
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-A theme is a statement about a subject of a poem.
-A theme is the imagery that evokes emotion in a poem.
-A theme is a poet’s message to readers through a poem.
Answer:
-A theme is a statement about a subject of a poem.
-A theme is a poet’s message to readers through a poem.
Explanation:
The theme is the message (usually stated in one single sentence) a literary work (like a poem) conveys about a subject. It is also the author's life lesson or moral of the poem or story to readers. Poems usually have more than one theme, but they are not explicitly stated so we, the readers, have to figure them out.
In the Cinderella Story, for example, one of the subject that it has is "Dreams" and one statement and message about that topic is "Dreams can come true."
The narrator’s brother is ignoring his mother’s behavior.
The narrator’s brother is playing a trick on his mother.
The narrator’s mother is attempting to identify what her son ate.
The narrator’s mother is addressing her sons for their misbehavior.
After reading the excerpt you can see that the narrator is describing a scene where a mom was trying to identify what the kid was holding out, it also says that “countenancing evidence of oral contact with same”, referring to try to identify is that was or not into the mouth of the character we can conclude that the answer is The narrator’s mother is addressing her sons for their misbehavior, she refers to what the kids said.
The answer is definitely not A or B. The answer is D.
A.Sir Marhaus was killed and Sir Tristram was seriously wounded.
B.Sir Tristram and Sir Marhaus both died as a result of their battle.
C.Sir Tristram and Sir Marhaus were wound wounded by each other.
D.Sir Tristram was killed and Sir Marhaus was seriously wounded.
I snuck a sidelong glance at Fern. As always, she looked confident, calm, and completely prepared for what we were about to do.
Up until a few years ago, you wouldn't have caught me near the ocean, let alone in a boat on it! I had always been afraid of the vastness of the ocean. Who knew what was lurking down there? Who knew what was out there waiting to drag me down to the depths? Lately, though, I'd started to realize life was too short to spend being afraid of the things I couldn't control. One by one, I had been facing my fears. With Fern's help, I had taken flying lessons to overcome my fear of heights; I had made myself get on roller coasters. And now I was facing my greatest fear—the great unknown ocean.
We'd been on the boat for about an hour and were moored at a buoy. Fern and I were dive buddies, which meant that we were to check each other's equipment before we jumped in and stick close to each other in the water. We'd dived in a protected shallow pool in the sea yesterday, but this was our first dive in open water. When I realized just how dark the waves were, I felt my old fears resurfacing. Anything could be beneath them, and you wouldn't know.
"Are you nervous? I kind of am," Fern said in a stage whisper while we were lining up waiting to jump in.
"Yeah, a bit," I admitted. I didn't want to tell her just how nervous. What if I panicked? What if I forgot how to breathe? Was that feeling ever going to go away? I would have loved to yank it out of myself and throw it into the sea.
Actually, I had a lot of confidence in our training. On this shallow beginners' dive decompression wasn't going to be a concern. I knew my equipment would protect me if I got in trouble. And I'd be surrounded by helpful instructors. But even with all the fears on my mind, a few of my brain cells kept worrying about how I looked in my wetsuit. And that's how I knew I was going to be okay.
Before I could get truly nervous though, it was Fern's turn to jump into the secret-keeping waves, then mine. We swam together to a buoy line and began pulling ourselves down the rope to the sandy sea floor. I noticed immediately that despite the dark water, I could actually see quite far—and in color. Fern's mask was as vibrant as it had been on the boat. It did get a bit darker as we descended, but somehow it also got brighter—as if the sea floor were reflecting what little light there was. When everyone was down, we all moved off toward the reef.
Despite my nagging fear, I was mesmerized by this strange world. Everywhere my eye fell, there was something different to see. I'd never been surrounded by so much variety in shape, color, and texture. So many amazing creatures. Fish darted in and out of waving corals. Larger fish loomed, like harmless shadows. Small translucent shrimp-like creatures approached my mask. I could tell, by their quicksilver speed, that the littlest creatures were accustomed to the approach of larger predators.
When Fern waved and pointed to a silvery green eel, sliding effortlessly toward an anemone while potential prey scattered before him, I realized that fear is natural. It helped all these creatures survive from day to day. The trick is learning to know when to use it to survive, and when it's only getting in the way of living. As I reached out to tickle a neon-colored sea slug, I certainly felt as if that trick were getting easier.
Read this sentence from the passage:
"Before I could get truly nervous though, it was Fern's turn to jump into the secret-keeping waves, then mine."
Why are the waves described as secret-keeping?
A.)Fern and the narrator do not plan to share their dive with anyone.
B.) The narrator cannot see what is beneath the waves.
C.)Fern has been diving before and will not tell the narrator about it.
D.) The narrator thinks they are frightening.
Answer:
B.) The narrator cannot see what is beneath the waves.
Explanation:
In this excerpt, the narrator describes the waves as being "secret-keeping." This makes reference to the fact that the waves were hiding something. The narrator implies that the waves hide something because he is unable to see what is beneath the waves. Moreover, this description contributes to the idea of the ocean as vast and mysterious, which is the feeling that the author has when he thinks of the ocean.
b. The pots clanged to the kitchen floor, the kitten cowered under the table.
c. Our friend, who travelled from Tennessee, was quite tired when he arrived.
d. We need help with organization, structure, and spelling