What defines a leader? What are the three most important roles of leaders?

2. What defines a leader? • What are the three most important roles of leaders? • What are the essential qualities of a leader (at least 5)? • List at least 5 common labels of leaders. • List at least 5 specific, famous leaders.

3. Leader Paragraph:Who is the most important leader in our society? 1. Define what it means to be a leader. 2. Name the most important leader/label. 3. State the first general quality of leadership. Provide one specific example which proves that this leader possesses this quality. State the second general quality of leadership. Provide one specific example. State the third general quality of leadership. Provide one specific example. 4. Concluding Sentence: Provide a final thought about your claims.

4. The Epic Poem • Long narrative poem • Usually about the birth of a nation • Reflects the values, customs and traditions of the society • Contains exaggerated feats and accomplishments • Classic tale of good and evil • Hero is legendary

5. The Epic Hero • Journey • Help from Supernatural • Usually Male • Accompanied by Friends • Battles become more and more difficult • One Crucial Battle • is a great leader strongly identified with a particular people or society (and usually male) • receives help from friends, servants, or guides • faces challenges of increasing difficulty • does great deeds in battle and undertakes an extraordinary and difficult journey, filled with obstacles • descends into darkness for a final test

6. The Epic Journey • is a search for identity • reflects he desire to do what is right • signifies the right to the ownership of a kingdom or future • is a tool to bring order to societal chaos • exemplifies what is right (social order, morals, and values of the time) • involves gods or other supernatural beings

7. Literary Devices • Alliteration – use of same sounds to create good listening mood • Repetition – certain important stanzas or lines repeated for effect • Imagery – language that appeals to the senses – sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell • In Medias Res – Latin for “in the middle of things” – Story opens in the middle of the conflict and then uses flashbacks to tell what happened earlier • Figurative Language – All figures of speech – Used to describe one thing in terms of another, not to be understood on a literal level – includes simile, metaphor, personification • Kenning – a compound word, or a combination of words used to name a person, place, thing, or event (whale-road=sea, shepherd of evil=Grendel)

8. The Legend • Beowulf is a thane in Geatlandwho comes to the aid of the Danes, who have been terrorized for 12 years by Grendel, “a powerful demon.” • Beowulf is the oldest English poem, possibly composed between 700 and 750. • The story was composed and recited orally • Around 1000, the story was written down in Old English. A fire in 1731 damaged the manuscript before any modern translation.

9. Geatland (Sweden) • Denmark

10. The Characters Hygelac King of the Geats Grendel “storm” or “to bellow” Demon who terrorizes the Danes in the night Ecgtheow “edge-servant” Noble Geat; deceased Beowulf “bee-wolf” or “bear” The main character of the story who comes to the aid of the Danes serves fights terrorizes son father won’t fight made peace for Hrothgar “glory-spear” Danish king; lives in the palace Herot; very generous to his people comes to the aid of criticizes Unferth Danish Thane calls out friends serves Brecca Won swimming contest

11. As You Read • Add characters and descriptions to your character chart.