Unit 1 Lagniappe
This is the code of honor which knights during the time of King Arthur abided by to be seen as virtuous.
What is chivalry/the chivalric code?
This is a multi-word metaphorical or transformative phrase which is used in place of a person's name (but is not a proper title they hold).
Ex. The Captain of Evil (used to describe Grendel).
What is kenning?
We gain unique perspective into the Wife of Bath, whose own words give insight to her true nature and reveal her thoughts about men and women, because The Canterbury Tales is written with this type of narrator.
What is first-person?
This is a type of story which is contained within another story, where a character is used as the narrator.
What is frame story?
True or false: the below sentence effectively uses an appositive phrase.
"Denham Springs High School, my alma mater, is a great place to be!"
What is true?
Appositive phrases would be the proper titles we saw during the kenning segment.
This is the name of the Danish king whose people suffer the attacks of Grendel for twelve long years in Beowulf.
"Grim and greedy, he grabbed thirty men"
The above excerpt from Beowulf uses this literary element in order to emphasize Grendel's strength and wickedness.
What is alliteration?
"The Wife of Bath's Prologue," and other prologues like it within The Canterbury Tales, serve one of these two purposes.
What is comic relief?
What is describing the narrator's perspective/viewpoint?
This is the way that an author intends for you as the reader to feel while reading their work.
Ex. Stephen King wants you to feel terrified while reading his horror story.
What is mood?
True or False: The following sentence has correct subject verb agreement.
"The only thing we have to fear are fear itself."
What is false?
True or False: referring to Beowulf as "the son of Ecgtheow" utilizes a kenning.
What is False?
This is a literary element which involves two different words which have the same pronunciation.
What is homophone?
You said this, too, that I was like a cat;
355 For if one care to singe a cat's furred skin,
Then would the cat remain the house within;
And if the cat's coat be all sleek and gay,
She will not keep in house a half a day,
But out she'll go, before dawn of any day,
360 To show her skin and caterwaul and play.
The above example from "The Wife of Bath's Prologue" uses this literary element to establish a humorous and indignant tone.
What is simile?
Praise be to God that I have wedded five!
45 (Of whom I did pick out and choose the best
Both for their nether purse and for their chest
Different schools make divers perfect clerks,
Different methods learned in various works
Make the good workman perfect, certainly.
50 Of full five husbands tutoring am I.)
We can tell from the above excerpt that the Wife of Bath feels clever and humorous recalling her sexual experiences with her husbands based on this.
What is tone?
True or false: the below sentence has correct subject-verb agreement.
"Neither a hamburger nor a hotdog are what I want for lunch."
What is false?
Neither is the subject of the sentence and is a singular noun.
This is one of the possible moods which Beowulf seeks to create by describing the evil, murderous terror of Grendel.
What is fear? What is dread? What is anger? What is horror?
This is a central, universal theme of Beowulf, demonstrated by the extreme wickedness of the unholy monster Grendel and the righteous deeds of the warrior Beowulf to stop him.
What is good vs. evil?
What is vain? What is manipulative? What is selfish/self-centered? What is dishonest/lying? What is man-hating/misandrist? What is amorous? What is greedy? What is controlling?
This is used to give us insight into a character's inner thoughts about themselves and others and can give us context for a frame story.
What is first-person narration?
True or false: effectively rewritten sentence A with inverted order in sentence B.
Sentence A: "I will be going to Florida this summer."
Sentence B: "Florida is where I will be going this summer."
What is true?
These literary elements are used in the above example.
What is alliteration? What is simile?
These are two of the five characteristics of epic poetry, all of which are embodied in Beowulf.
What is a strong, courageous hero of nobility?
What is a supernatural creature/great deed/perilous journey?
What is the hero embodying the core values/ideals of his society?
What is a universal theme such as good vs. evil?
What is formal diction, long speeches, and a serious tone?
True or False: The Wife of Bath's characterization as a bold, outspoken woman who controls and manipulates men indicates that the author was addressing the behavior of women generally during this period of history.
What is True?
These are four of the five things we can use to characterize a character in a story.
Hint: STEAL
What is speech? What is thoughts? What is effect on others? What is actions? What is looks/appearance?
Double Jeopardy:
What is the Wife of Bath's real name?
What is Alison?