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Hyperbole
Music
Radix Traits
Literary Devices
Wearing What?
100
she had a fine forehead - it was almost a handspan (nine inches) broad
Who is the Prioress?
100
He sang or fluted... composed songs and poems.
Who is the squire?
100
Wanton
Who is the Friar?
100
A narrative structure containing or connecting a series of otherwise unrelated tales.
What is a frame story?
100
A pair of sharp spurs
Who is the Wife of Bath?
200
in all the four quarters, no one knew as much about dalliance and sweet talk
Who is the Friar?
200
She sang the divine service well.
Who is the Prioress?
200
Freshe
Who is the Squire?
200
Two lines of poetry that rhyme.
What is a couplet?
200
His outer cloak was very threadbare
Who is the Clerk of Oxford?
300
but best of all he sang an offertory; for well he knew that when that song was sung he must preach and smooth his tongue
Who is the Pardoner
300
She sang the divine service well...
Who is the Prioress?
300
Red
Who is the Wife of Bath?
300
This means "root" in Latin.
What is a radix trait?
300
A rusty haurbeck
400
He was the best beggar in his house?
Who is the Friar?
400
Loudly he sang, "Come hither love, to me."
Who is the Summoner?
400
Purse
Who is the Summoner?
400
When you poke fun at people to expose weakness in human nature.
What is a satire?
400
He had set a garland on his head, as big as the ones that hang from the ale-stake before a drinking house
Who is the Summoner
500
I believe there is no better priest anywhere
Who is the Parson
500
And when he rode one might hear the bells on his bridle jingle
Who is the Monk?
500
Song
Who is the Pardoner
500
This is an understatement - a form of verbal irony.
What is a litote?
500
However for sport, he wore no hood
Who is the Pardoner?