Mastery Check: "The American Flag Stands for Tolerance 5. Allen's point of view is that burning the flag sparks controversy because it (1 pt.)
A. communicates in a powerful way.
B. endangers people's lives and property.
C. facilitates meaningful dialogue.
D. threatens Americans' basic freedoms.
Explanation/evidence (2 pts.):

i think the answer is d)solicitude sorry if the answer is wrong.

this quote could be referring to the death penalty. it's questioning the morality of sentencing murderers to death as a punishment, because it seems hypocritical. this quote seems to be arguing for non-lethal punishment for killers.

the answer is 1,3,5                          

beowulf is filled with alliterations, caesuras, and kennings intended both to give the epic a musical, rhythmic quality and to assist the bard performing the epic in remembering the lines. just as the lyrics to our favorite songs are easier to remember than a context-free list of names or census data, poetic devices like those listed above stick in the bard's mind.

it is not known if beowulf was chanted, sung, or recited more like a modern day poem, but the poetic devices evident in the epic almost certainly had their origin in memorization and oral recitation.