Canterbury Tales
ACT/SAT Vocab
Genres of Lit
Beowolf
You Name It
100
These people were included in the Nun's group.
What is another nun and 3 priests.
100
This is the act of refraining from.
What is abstinence.
100
This genre consists of a story that has a national folk hero that has a basis in fact but also contains imagination.
What is a legend?
100
The dragon is _______ feet long.
What is 50?
100
This means to work together.
What is to collaborate?
200
This is what they were going to Canterbury to see.
What is shrine of Thomas a Becket.
200
This is a short account of an event.
What is Anecdote
200
This genre evokes a feeling of fear and sometimes dread.
What is horror?
200
Beowulf reigns as king of the Geats for ____ years.
What is 50?
200
These books are used to find useful information, such as word definitions and maps.
What is reference books?
300
This is why everyone was at the Tabbard.
What is they were on their way to making a pilgrimage to Canterbury.
300
This action is nameless.
What is anonymous.
300
This fiction is widely taught in schools.
What is classic literature?
300
Beowolf says _______________ is better than mourning a death.
What is avenging a death?
300
This person looked like Santa Claus and liked to eat and be merry.
What is the Franklin?
400
This person was bald and fat and liked the luxuries of life.
What is Monk.
400
This means dry.
What is arid?
400
This fiction contains magical creatures.
What is fairy tales?
400
This is a hrunting.
What is a sword?
400
This is where Grendel and his mother live.
What is a lake?
500
These people were part of the tradesmen/guildmen group.
What is the haberdasher, dyer, carpenter, weaver, and carpet-maker.
500
This means hard working.
What is assiduous?
500
This genre contains stories with fictional characters and events in a historical setting.
What is historical fiction?
500
This person is Beowulf's father.
What is Ecgtheow?
500
The only existing Beowulf manuscript dates back to this time period.
What is 1000 A.D.?
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