Think about the main character in the story “an episode of war” by stephen crane. which adjective best describes the lieutenant?

The adjective that I think best describes the "lieutenant" in the story is BRAVE.

Explanation:

"An Episode Of War" is a short story by Stephen Crane. The protaginist of the story is unnamed "lieutenant" who lose his arm in the battle. The story tells us about the life of a lieutenant. Their life is tough not only on just the war-field but also when they become victim of the war and loses any of their body parts and become unfit for the war-field. In the story this unnamed lieutenant is treated badly at the hospital by the doctor after he was shot. His family cries seeing him in one arm. But the lieutenant is brave as even after facing this much of problems and scorns he is ready to face the life even with one arm.

And this is the story of how the lieutenant lost his arm. When he

reached home, his sisters, his mother, his wife sobbed for a long time

at the sight of the flat sleeve. "Oh, well," he said, standing

shamefaced amid these tears, "I don't suppose it matters so much as all

that."

1. the relationship between a pronoun and its antecedent- reference

reference refers to the relationship between mainly pronoun and another unit of grammar- noun phrase or noun.

2. a singular noun naming a collection or group- collective noun.

collective noun refers to the kind of noun which refer to the name of people, thing or anything in collective. for instance bundle of sticks, herein 'bundle' is collective noun.  

3. a modifying clause whose subject and/or verb is implied- elliptical clause

it is a clause in which words are being left out. on the other hand, the missing word is understood due to the logic or pattern of the sentence.  

4. two or more nouns and/or pronouns serving the same grammatical function and followed by a pronoun that references one or all nouns- compound antecedent

compound antecedent refers to which is made up of two or more words which are joined by 'or' or 'and.'

5. an adjective clause introduced by a pronoun- relative clause.

relative clauses are the clauses which begin with the relative pronouns such as when, where, which, that or who. the noun that precedes, relative pronouns identify or define that noun.  

6. the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers- antecedent.

antecedents refers to the phrases, clauses or words which are replaced with one of the third personal pronouns.