Medieval Literature Pardoner’s Tale Wife of Bath & Miller Prologue Literary Devices

Medieval Lit-100 This is the author of The Canterbury Tales. Answer. Game board

Medieval Lit-200 Answer. Game board This is the language that The Canterbury Tales was originally written in. We have been reading translations from this language in class.

Medieval Lit-300 Answer. Game board This is the genre “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” was written as. It consists of talking animals and teaches a moral lesson.

Medieval Lit-400 Answer. Game board This is the rhythmic meter that Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales in. It consists of 5 feet, each made up by one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable (5 clapping heartbeat sounds)

Medieval Lit-500 Answer. Game board This following passage demonstrates this kind of satirical style which mocks epic poems and heroes like Beowulf: This gentlecock was master in some measure / Of seven hens, all there to do his pleasure. /They were his sisters and his paramours, / Colored like him in all particulars; / She with the loveliest dyes upon her throat / Was known as gracious Lady Pertelote. / Courteous she was, discreet and debonair, / Companionable too, and took such care / In her deportment, since she was seven days old /She held the heart of Chanticleer controlled, / Locked up securely in her every limb; / O such happiness his love to him! /And such a joy it was to hear them sing, / As when the glorious sun began to spring,

The Prologue-100 Answer. Game board This is the term for a religious journey similar to the one the travelers embark upon at the beginning of the Prologue.

The Prologue-200 Answer. Game board This is the term for a story within a story; The Canterbury Tales is an example of this.

The Prologue-300 Answer. Game board This is the challenge the host proposes at the start of their journey.

The Prologue-400 Answer. Game board The pilgrims are on their way to visit the shrine of this person (I will accept either the name or the title this person held).

The Prologue-500 This is one of the groups of people Chaucer criticizes in his prologue AND this is what he is so critical of in several of his tales. Answer. Game board

The Pardoner’s Tale-100 Answer. Game board The three rioters all make a pact to kill this person.

The Pardoner’s Tale-200 Answer. Game board This is what prompts the men to begin plotting against one another.

The Pardoner’s Tale-300 This is how all three men end up dead by the end of the tale. Answer. Game board

The Pardoner’s Tale-400 This is the genre that “The Pardoner’s Tale” is an example of. Answer. Game board

The Pardoner’s Tale-500 It is ironic that the Pardoner is the one telling this story for this reason. Answer. Game board

Wife of Bath / Miller-100 Answer. Game board From “The Miller’s Tale,” Absalom is tricked into kissing this.

Wife of Bath / Miller-200 Answer. Game board The Wife of Bath gets her name from the fact that she has been married this many times.

Wife of Bath / Miller-300 Answer. Game board In “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” this is why the old woman decides to be both beautiful and virtuous for the knight.

Wife of Bath / Miller-400 Answer. Game board In “The Miller’s Tale,” this is how John the Carpenter ends up breaking his legs.

Wife of Bath / Miller-500 Answer. Game board In the description of the Miller in the Prologue, it says the Miller enjoys “ribaldries,” which are raunchy and humorous stories, but we’ve learned this other term to describe this same genre.

Literary Devices-100 Answer. Game board This kind of irony is also known as sarcasm. One example would occur in “The Miller’s Tale” where Alison tells John, “I am your true, faithful wedded wife.”

Literary Devices-200 Answer. Game board This is the term given to a situation in which the opposite of what we expect to happen occurs.

Literary Devices-300 Answer. Game board This term given to any situation in literature or drama when the reader knows more than one of the characters does.

Literary Devices-400 In “The Pardoner’s Tale,” one rioter says in line 207, “You know that you can trust me as a brother.” At the same time, he is planning to kill his friend. This is an example of this kind of irony. Answer. Game board

Literary Devices-500 Answer. Game board This a statement that seemingly contradicts itself yet is actually true. One example would be the expression, “Sometimes you have to be cruel in order to be kind.”

Medieval Lit-100 A Who is Geoffrey Chaucer? Game board

Medieval Lit-200 A What is Middle English? Game board

Medieval Lit-300 A What is a fable? Game board

Medieval Lit-400 A What is iambic pentameter? Game board

Medieval Lit-500 A What is the mock epic or mock heroic writing style? Game board

Prologue-100 A What is a pilgrimage? Game board

Prologue-200 A What is a framework story? Game board

Prologue-300 A Each pilgrim will tell 2 tales each way on the journey; the best story wins a free meal. Game board

Prologue-400 A Who is St. Thomas a Becket OR the Archbishop of Canterbury. Game board

Prologue-500 A Game board What is the medieval church?

The Prologue-100 A Who is Death? Game board

The Prologue-200 A What is the prospect of being rich (they find gold coins hidden under a tree)? Game board

The Prologue-300 A What is two of the men stab the third, and those two drink the poison the third brought for them? Game board

The Prologue-400 A What is a moral parable or exemplum? Game board

The Prologue-500 A What is he is just as corrupt and greedy as the men in the story? Game board

Wife of Bath / Miller-100 A What is Alison’s butt? Game board

Wife of Bath / Miller-200 A What is five times? Game board

Wife of Bath / Miller-300 A What is because the knight gave her control? Game board

Wife of Bath / Miller-400 A He affixes bathtubs to the roof which will then be cut down when the floods come so he can float along; he cuts the ropes when there isn’t any water and falls to the ground. Game board

Wife of Bath / Miller-500 A What is a fabliau? Game board

Literary Devices-100 A What is verbal irony? Game board

Literary Devices-200 A What is (situational) irony? Game board

Literary Devices-300 A What is dramatic irony? Game board

Literary Devices-400 A What is verbal irony? Game board

Literary Devices-500 A What is a paradox? Game board