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Write your own beot/boast
Beowulf makes his beot before Hrothgar, king of the Danes.
He presents his accomplishments and promises to purge Grendel from Herot
Hall
Like any boast, a beot contains exaggeration, colorful details, and a promise
to do more great things.
Write your own beot that might be spoken by a famous person, living or dead or
your own about yourself.
Include:
 One example of 3 parallel verbs

One example of 3 parallel participles -- action words ending in ing or ed
that describe a person, place or thing (noun)

A genealogy statement

A simile (a creative comparison using like or as)

10 lines and at least 100 words

first person: write as if the famous person were speaking the beot
Sample:
I Bruce Springsteen, son of Asbury Park, singer of songs,
Have played to vast audiences all over the world.
My fans are as numerous as the stars in the sky -- presidents,
Supermodels, housewives, truck drivers, baseball players, businessmen-They all listen to my lyrics, dance to my rhythms, adore my albums.
Embracing my guitar, jamming with my band, rasping my songs,
I command the spotlight like no one else.
Much gold have I earned by my magical playing,
Many awards have I won for my great talent.
There are younger musicians who’d love to claim my position;
They wriggle like worms and screech like chickens, and dazzle little girls.
But there’s only one rocker whose music will always rule the airways:
Bruce the Boss, Bruce the Mighty, Bruce the Immortal.
The line of my platinum albums will stretch to infinity.
Your children’s children will still be listening to me
When other sounds have died away to silence.
You will be presenting your boast out loud in class. The following rubric will be
used for grading. This assignment will be worth 40 points.
Epic Boast Rubric
Name____________________________________
10
8
Length
The epic boast
is the required
10 lines and
100 words in
length.
The epic boast The epic boast is The epic boast
is only 7-9 lines only 5-7 lines in is less than 5
in length.
length.
lines in length.
Requirements
There are
clearly
examples of 3
parallel verbs, 3
parallel
participles and a
genealogy
statement
There are
clearly 2
parallel verbs, 2
parallel
participles and
a genealogy
statement
There are clearly
2 parallel verbs,
2 parallel
participles and
no genealogy
statement
There is only 1 No examples
verb, I
are present.
participle and it
may or may
not have a
genealogy
statement.
Writer makes no
errors in
grammar or
*Remember that spelling.
the first letter of
the first word in
each line MUST
be capitalized!!!
Writer makes 12 errors in
grammar or
spelling.
Writer makes 3-4
errors in
grammar or
spelling.
Writer makes
more than 4-5
errors in
grammar or
spelling.
Writer
makes more
than 6 errors
in grammar
or spelling.
Presentation
Speaker fidgets Speaker is very
and does not
hard to hear and
speak naturally. makes little to no
eye contact with
audience.
Mininum eye
contact
Speaker does
not engage
his/her
audience and
makes no eye
contact.
No
Presentation
made
CATEGORY
Grammar &
Spelling
Body language
is natural and
fluid
Eye contact and
voice inflection
is engaging
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