Confusing Pairs
My number _______ pencil was broken before class started.
(too, to, or two)
two
The villain of this epic poem?
Grendel
The author of the Canterbury Tales.
Geoffrey Chaucer
Was killed during prayers in his Cathedral and called a Saxon dog by the knights.
Saint Thomas Beckett
Bath...
taking a shower, and city in England
She is standing over ______ next to Miracle.
(their, they're, there)
there
Beowulf is which of the following:
novel
short story
poem
epic poem
epic poem
There was a knight, a most distinguished man, truth, honor, generousness and courtesy.
Is an example of direct or indirect characterization.
direct
At the bottom of the pyramid system known as feudalism.
Serf, peasants or farmers
Shakespeare's Sister.
Judith
My mother is their sister.
(No change, there, they're)
No change
Patterns in literature, film, television found all over the world. . .
We easily recognize these in characters and plots.
archetypes
The _______ of Bath has been married five whole times. Naveah said that she killed her husbands.
widow
wife
woman
wife
Catastrophe struck Europe caused by rats and fleas.
Black death or plaque
As she walked through the garden, she fancied herself a child again.
like, imagine, or think
The principal of the matter is that you owe me from when I let you borrow lunch money.
(Principle, No change)
Principle
The______ in an epic poem is usually male.
(Hint): Peter Parker
hero
Where are the Pilgrams of this poem going?
Canterbury
This stripped kings of the power to become tyrannical.
Magna Carta
taste...
one of five senses, preference
Please ____ my apology.
(accept, except)
accept
Where does Beowulf come from?
Land of the ____________
Geats
Described as speaking daintily in French in the Paris style no morsel from her lips did fall.
The nun (Prioress)
Wars between Muslims and Christians in Europe.
Crusades.
England...
Britain