Canterbury Tales & Vocabulary

In the Knight's Tale, Arcite is the cousin who was killed in the joust.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Define the word unperturbed

• Unhappy

• Unbothered

• Miserable

• Bothered

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

True or False: A Miller is a person who sells ale in the Middle Ages

• True

• False

What is a Poacher?

• A person who has permission to hunt on someones property

• A person who hunts or fishes without permission on someone else’s property

• A person who goes in a forest to observe natures animals for fun

• A person who helps to cure sick animals in the Middle Ages

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is Characterization?

• the way the plot unfolds

• another word for personification

• the way a fictional character’s identity is developed and shown in a story, play, or movie.

• the way a non-fictional character’s identity is developed and shown in a story, play, or movie

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is an Innkeeper?

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What is a Scholar?

• a person who works under a knight so that they can become a knight

• the book that the king refers to to make decisions

• a person who refuses to attend school

• a person who is educated and studies or attends school.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Who is a Pardoner?

• a person who is a member of royalty that was once a king

• a person from the medieval church who defends criminals who have stolen items from the kingdom

• a person from the medieval church who calls, or summons, people before the church for their crimes.

• a person who sells official pardons, or excuses from sins, from the church (to raise money for the church).

Who is a Summoner?

• a person from the Middle Ages who gives counseling to those in need of help

• a person from the medieval church who calls, or summons, people before the church for their crimes.

• a person from the medieval church who is a peasant and disliked by most of the kingdom

• a member of the religious clergy, like a priest

What is a Parson?

• A King

• A Knight

• A Priest

• A Jester