Literary Devices - for 100 Geoffrey Chaucer, the author of Canterbury Tales, uses this literary device to make fun of and criticize the Church Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 1 - for 200 This literary device, used in poetry, is when the end words of two lines rhyme Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 1 - for 300 This literary device is when an author uses a character’s actions, appearance and speech to describe the character. Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 1 - for 400 In literature, this is when an event happens which is the opposite of what the character expects to happen, although the reader has clues and information. For example, the ending of the Pardoner’s Tale. Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 1 - for 500 In literature, this device is when a writer tries to appeal to the senses of the reader– sight, touch, sound, taste and smell– through vivid and descriptive language Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 2 - for 100 This is why the pilgrim’s are traveling to Canterbury Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 2 - for 200 He suggests each of pilgrims on the journey tell a tale to entertain each other and to get a free meal Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 2 - for 300 This pilgrim has a large open sore. Very unappetizing when you think about what he does for a living. Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 2 - for 400 This outspoken pilgrim has had several husbands. Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 2 - for 500 Unlike the other members of the Church, the author portrays this character positively because he is devoted to God and his vows of poverty. Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 3 - for 100 This character– like many portrayed negatively in the tale– is described in the following lines: Anon he gave the sick man his boot… For gold in physic is a fine cordial Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 3 - for 200 This character is more concerned with worldly goods and hunting than he is with doing God’s work Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 3 - for 300 He is nothing like his father– he is more concerned with the ladies, as described by the following lines: “So hot he loved that while night told her tale He slept no more than does a nightingale” Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 3 - for 400 He is chivalrous and humble– qualities Chaucer approves of. Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 3 - for 500 This character is secretly in debt. Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 4 - for 100 This is the original punishment given to the knight after he raped the maiden. Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 4 - for 200 She sends the knight on a quest to find out what women really want Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 4 - for 300 The old woman requests this of the knight after she helps him on his quest Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 4 - for 400 These are the two choices the old woman offers the knight after he lives up to his end of the bargain Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 4 - for 500 According to The Wife of Bath’s Tale, what is it that women really want? Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 5 - for 100 In a twist of irony, the Pardoner preaches against avarice (greed) although he is mostly concerned about this. Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 5 - for 200 This is how the Pardoner earns a living Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 5 - for 300 This character in the Pardoner’s Tale is a personification of wickedness, but Chaucer’s character is not like the modern skeletal version who wears a long hooded robe. Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 5 - for 400 This is why the rioters are looking for death. Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Category 5 - for 500 The Pardoner treats the Host with pettiness after the Host refuses to do this Remember to phrase your answer in the form of a question!
Final Jeopardy Why did Geoffrey Chaucer write the Canterbury Tales?