Brit Lit Cant Tales paragraph editing 2024

Which of these examples are a correct way to start a literary paragraph?

• This story is called A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift.

• In the excerpt from Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," the author

• In Swift's "A Modest Proposal," the author

• Both b and c are correct.

Book titles are:

• Underlined if you handwrite them

• In quotation marks if you handwrite them.

• Italicized if you type them

• Both a and c are correct.

Poem titles are:

• Underlined if you handwrite them.

• Put in quotation marks if you handwrite them.

• Italicized if you type them

• Both b and c are correct.

Which expression is correct?

• In Chaucer's, "The Canterbury Tales," the author

• In Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales," the author

• In Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales", the author

• In Chaucers' "The Canterbury Tales," the author

"The yeoman in The Canterbury Tales . . . (displays or displayed) many colored arrows at his side."

"The yeoman (wears, wore) a shiny horn on his hip."

Do you spell our Lord's truth (gospel, gosple)?

"The squire (spent, spends) time on the battlefield."

"The squire (has, had) unique traits."

"I disagree with the doctor's belief in astrology."

• This is an inappropriate response because of the "I disagree."

• This is an appropriate response in a literary paragraph.