Time to Prove Your Knowledge! :)

Next week is going to be a busy week. You have a test on Wednesday, and the second rough draft of your research paper  is due on Thursday; therefore, this weeks blog is going to be the test review. Enjoy and soon we'll be starting Macbeth. Yea!

Canterbury Tales Test Review

Characters: be able to identify the character by the quote

ü  Nun (Prioress)

ü  Monk

ü  Pardoner

ü  Parson

ü  Friar

ü  Guildsman

ü  Merchant

ü  Miller

ü  Cook

ü  Doctor

ü  Manciple

ü  Reeve

ü  Serjeant at Law

ü  Summoner

ü  Franklin

Be familiar with the following aspects of each story. Reread them.

The Prologue

ü  Purpose

ü  His views on the church

ü  Setting

ü  What the Host proposes for the trip

ü  His methods of characterization

The Pardoner’s Tale

ü  The characterization of the Pardoner within his prologue.

ü  The literary devices within the story.

ü  Type of tale.

The Wife of Bath’s Tale

ü  The literary devices used within the story.

ü  The theme of the piece.

ü  The old woman’s argument about gentility, age, and poverty.

ü  Examples of chivalry within the piece.

ü  Type of tale.

Literary devices. You will be asked to both define and pick out examples of all of the following.

ü  Bathos

ü  Mockery

ü  Satire

ü  Parody

ü  Mock heroic

ü  Personification

ü  Irony

ü  Theme

ü  Characterization

ü  Understatement

ü  Sarcasm

The Middle Ages: Review the power point notes you took in class.