Allusion / Perspective / POV Quiz (and The Canterbury Tales)

Organize these characters from The Canterbury Tales: The Prologue into the right category they would fit as per the story.

Groups:

(a) Military / Law Enforcement

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(b) Religion

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(c) Workers / Shopkeepers / Financial

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(d) Extras / Others

• Doctor

• Prioress

• Sergeant at the Law

• Plowman

• Weaver

• Parson

• Haberdasher

• Skipper

• Monk

• Knight

• Woman from Bath

• Friar

• Pardoner

• Franklin

• Carpet-maker

• Summoner

• Dyer

• Merchant

• Squire

• Carpenter

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Character Development

R.3.3 -- Classical Literature

Organize these definitions regarding Point-of-view into the right category.

Groups:

(a) 1st person POV

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(b) 2nd Person POV

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(c) 3rd Person Omniscient

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(d) 3rd Person Limited

• We see things from ONLY their POV

• Can be a handful of characters or every single character at one point.

• Knows everything about everyone and everything in the text.

• God-like narrator

• Narrator can shift characters at a section or chapter break.

• Buzz words: He, she, it

• They cannot explain another character's actions unless they are told to them.

• Buzz word: You

• The reader is the narrator

• The main character is the narrator

• Buzz words: Him, her, she, he, it, them, they, we

  
  

• Buzz word: I, me, we, us

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Point of view

R.1.3 -- Point of View and Perspective

What is the definition of a perspective?

• The opinion of an author.

• The appearance to the eye of objects in respect to their relative distance and position.

• The appearance of the eye and how it develops over time.

• None of the above

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R.1.3 -- Point of View and Perspective

Character Development

Match the following allusion category to its definition.

• Relating to the Bible

• Biblical

• Connect to anther textual example

• Mythological

• Connecting to an event in history

• Literal

• Related to myths and legends

• Historical

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R.3.3 -- Rhetorical Devices

Why is the Knight traveling to Canterbury?

• To attend a jousting tournament
• To visit his family
• To pay thanks for his survival after his many conflicts.

• To seek adventure and glory

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R.3.3 -- Classical Literature

Which character was a hunter by trade who wore green and carried a bow, quiver, hunting horn, knife, and a medal of St. Christopher around his neck?

• Yeoman

• Squire

• Prioress

• Friar

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Classical Literature

Where did the narrator meet the pilgrims on their way to Canterbury Cathedral?

• The town of Canterbury

• The Tabbard Inn

• London Eye

• The Harbor Bar

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R.1.1 - Plot Structure

Who is the author of The Canterbury Tales?

• William Shakespeare

• Sir Thomas Moore

• Geofrey Chaucer

• Sir Thomas Becket

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R.3.3 -- Classical Literature

Who was murdered at Canterbury Cathedral and was the starting point for people to complete pilgrimages to the sacred site?

• The Archbishop Thomas Becket

• William Shakespeare

• Geoffrey Chaucer

• King Henry VIII

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R.3.3 -- Classical Literature