Early Modern English Period

When does the Early Modern English period roughly span?

• 12th to 15th centuries

• 15th to 17th centuries

• 5th to 10th centuries

• 18th to 19th centuries

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CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.1.4

CCSS.RF.1.3

CCSS.RF.2.4

The Early Modern English Period comes after the ......

• Old English Period

• Industrial Revolution

• Middle English Period

• Present Day English

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

What is the term for the system of land ownership and labor relationships that dominated Early Modern English society?

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The most Influential Writer from EMnE was ...

• William Shakespeare

• the Venerable Bede

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• Cædmon

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

This period witnessed cultural, political, and social changes, including the Renaissance.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The most noticeable aspect of the Great Vowel Shift was the change in the quality (the actual sound) of many ....

• consonants

• vowels

• fricatives

• stops

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CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

One theory which explains the GVS cause is that English changed due to the great influx of ............. loanwords.

• Dutch

• Greek

• African

• French

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CCSS.RF.2.3F

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.1.4

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.3.3C

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of Early Modern English literature?

• Use of Latin as the primary language

• Influenced by the Renaissance

• Varied forms of poetry and drama

• Prominent playwrights and poets

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

What important English translation of the Bible was published during this period, influencing the language and religion

• The Latin Vulgate

• The Geneva Bible

• The Douay-Rheims Bible

• The King James Bible

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

The linguistic change that classifies EMnE as a new period is primarily ...

• morphological

• syntactic

• phonological

• lexical

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CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F