literary devices - for 100 geoffrey chaucer, the author of canterbury tales, uses this literary...

Literary Devices - for 100

Geoffrey Chaucer, the author of Canterbury Tales, uses this literary device to make fun of

and criticize the Church

Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!

Category 1 - for 200

This literary device, used in poetry, is when the end words

of two lines rhyme



This literary device is when an author uses a character’s actions, appearance and speech to describe the

character.



In literature, this is when an event happens which is the opposite of what

the character expects to happen, although the reader has clues and

information. For example, the ending of the Pardoner’s Tale.



In literature, this device is when a writer tries to appeal to the senses of the reader–

sight, touch, sound, taste and smell– through vivid and

descriptive language



This is why the pilgrim’s are traveling to Canterbury



He suggests each of pilgrims on the journey tell a tale to entertain each other and to

get a free meal



This pilgrim has a large open sore. Very unappetizing when you think about what he does

for a living.



This outspoken pilgrim has had several husbands.



Unlike the other members of the Church, the author portrays this character positively because he is

devoted to God and his vows of poverty.



This character– like many portrayed negatively in the

tale– is described in the following lines:

Anon he gave the sick man his boot…

For gold in physic is a fine cordial



This character is more concerned with worldly

goods and hunting than he is with doing God’s work



He is nothing like his father– he is more concerned with the ladies, as described by

the following lines:“So hot he loved that while

night told her taleHe slept no more than does a

nightingale”



He is chivalrous and humble– qualities Chaucer approves of.



This character is secretly in debt.



This is the original punishment given to the knight after he raped the

maiden.



She sends the knight on a quest to find out what

women really want



The old woman requests this of the knight after she helps

him on his quest



These are the two choices the old woman offers the knight after he lives up to his end of

the bargain



According to The Wife of Bath’s Tale, what is it that

women really want?



In a twist of irony, the Pardoner preaches against

avarice (greed) although he is mostly concerned about this.



This is how the Pardoner earns a living



This character in the Pardoner’s Tale is a

personification of wickedness, but Chaucer’s character is not

like the modern skeletal version who wears a long

hooded robe.



This is why the rioters are looking for death.



The Pardoner treats the Host with pettiness after the Host

refuses to do this


Final Jeopardy

Why did Geoffrey Chaucer write the Canterbury Tales?

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