Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word valorous as it is used in Beowulf. Write your definition of valorous here, along with those words or phrases from the text that helped most. Then check a dictionary to confirm your understanding.

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Once you have finished revising your peer’s essay, continue to demonstrate your understanding of grammar and punctuation by writing an essay containing all of the grammatical concepts outlined above. your essay should be short, just 250 words, and it can be written on any subject. it should contain an example of parallel structure, an example of every type of phrase and clause outlined in this lesson, an example of two independent clauses connected by a semicolon, and an example of a colon. if you are struggling to come up with an idea for an essay, consider writing it about the themes present in one of the texts you have read already.

This poem describes a train as if it were a horse. what literacy device does the poet use in this poem?