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- 1ironya state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result
- 2allusiona figure of speech whereby the author refers to a subject matter such as a place, event, or literary work by way of a passing reference. It is up to the reader to make a connection to the subject being mentioned
- 3The Nun's Priest's Tale warns against:Flattery
- 4The Pardoner's Tale warns against:Greed (Avarice)
- 5The Wife of Bath's Tale deals withWhat makes wives happy
- 6satirea technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule
- 7The Franklin's Tale deals with:Generosity in releasing another from their moral obligation
- 8The author of The Canterbury TalesGeoffrey Chaucer
- 9The Canterbury Tales was written inthe 1380's
- 10the Canterbury Tales was written inMiddle English
- 11When the prologue says "hath in the Ram his halve course y-ronne" Ram meansthe constellation Aries
- 12The Canterbury Tales, the Decameron and the Panchatantra are examples ofFrame Stories
- 13The Nun's Priest's Tale is an example of abeast fable
- 14The name of the rooster in the Nun's Priest's Tale isChauntecleer
- 15The name of the girl who looks at the rocks in the Franklin's Tale isDorigen
- 16The Pardoner angers the Host by suggestingThe Host should buy a pardon and kiss a relic that the Pardoner has on hand
- 17In the Canterbury Tales the pilgrims are going to visitthe shrine of Thomas a Becket
- 18In the Pardoner's Tale, the men are at first in a tavern doing what?playing dice
- 19In the Pardoner's Tale, the men want to go slay whom?Death
- 20Chaucer was greatly influenced by this historical happening in the middle agesThe Plague
- 21In the Wife of Bath's Tale, the thing women want most isMastery over their husbands
- 22The prize for the pilgrim telling the best story will beA meal at the Tabard Inn
- 23The people in the Canterbury Tales represent the three estates"those who pray" (the clergy), "those who fight" (the nobility), and "those who work" (the commoners and peasantry)
- 24metonymya figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated. Example:“The White House is concerned about terrorism.” The White House here represents the people who work in it.
- 25Synecdochea literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part. Example: The phrase “gray beard” refers to an old man.
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