Review - The Canterbury Tales

frame story

TCT: Prologue is an example

who's dead body was in the cart that the three rioters saw?

a friend

exaggeration

a satirical technique used to enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bonds

romance

an adventure tale of knights and chivalry, in which the code of the ideal knightly behavior

chaucer implies that that the church is

full of hypocrites

satire

humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices

the bride tells her knight that a gentleman or lady is one who

is kind and considerate

having given the correct answer, the knight must now fulfill his pledge and

marry the old woman

the pardoner tale is an example of

moral tale

narrator

person or voice who tells the story

the wife's of bath's tale is an example of an

romance

inspired form

satire uses humor and criticism to achieve

parody

satirical technique used to imitate the techniques and/or styles of some person, place, or thing

incongruity

satirical technique used to present that that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings

the pilgrims agree to tell tales during the journey to

win a free meal & entertain each other

as part of his punishment, in order to avoid being beheaded, the knight is given a ___ to find out what women most desire

year and a day

what plot of betrayal did the leader suggest while the youngest was in town getting food and drink?

"accidently" kill the youngest while playing around

understatement

a technique of creating emphasis by saying less than is actually or literally true

when he appears before the queen, the knight tells the assembled court that what women most desire is to

be dominant

irony

difference between expectation and reality

on his wedding day the knight feels ___ his bride

disgusted by

moral

in the message, which is often explicitly stated, in a moral tale

"prologue, from tct," chaucer's main objective is to

introduce his cast of characters

theme

is the central idea or message in a literary work

structure

is the way in which the parts of a literary work are put together

what plot of betrayal did the youngest create while he was in town getting food and drink?

loosen the others' drinks

characterization

method or technique the author uses to develop characters in a literary work

as they pursue the killer to get revenge, they pass through a town that an innkeeper told them about and then who does the gang meet?

and old man who tells them where death is

rhetoric

art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing.

when the knight meets an old, old woman in the woods on the very last day he has to find out what women most desires, he promises that if she tells him the correct answers, he will

do whatever he is asked to do

if the person they meet is right in the gang will actually find death under the tree, chaucer's words at this point in the tale are an example of what author's craft technique?

foreshadowing

what specific sin did the pardoner warm against in his prologue?

greed

the pardoner is corrupt because he

is greedy, sells fake relics, and gives counterfeit pardons

after hearing how the man died, what did three rioters decide to do?

kill death

in describing death, what did the three rioters decide to do?

kill death

who's plot of betrayal worked (according to their design and the way they intended)

neither

in describing death, what literary element does chaucer use?

personification

in the beginning of the wife's of baths tale, the knight is convinced of a crime and sentenced to death. what crime does he commit?

rape

allusion

reference to a historical or fictional person, place, or event with which the reader is assumed to be familiar

sarcasm

refers to a type verbal irony in which a remark's literal meaning is complimentary but actual meaning is critical

based on tct, chaucer seemed to find fault, or have a problem, with people who

take advantage of others

moral tale

teaches a lesson about what is right and wrong in human behavior

in order to reveal the characters, chaucer uses all of the following techniques

tells us what his characters are like, describes occupations, and look/dress & present actions

frame story

that serves as a narrative setting for one or more other stories

foreshadowing

use of hints or clues about what will happen next in a story

when the knight draws the curtain to kiss his wife, he discovers that she is

young and lovely, rich in charms

the pilgrims are traveling to canterbury because

the shrine of st. thomas a becket is there

when the 3 rioters arrived at the tree, what did they find?

treasure

reversal

satirical technique used to present the opposite of the normal order

plot

sequence of events (actions) of the story