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The use of parables to teach religious concepts.
a happy life can turn into a sorrowful one in a moment's notice,
Parables were commonplace in Chaucer's time, and audiences would have found them familiar.
Parables resembled the teachings of Jesus, with which most audiences in Chaucer's time were familiar.
The use of slant rhyme
A mother calls her children in to eat lunch, but one child disobeys and continues playing so that when he comes inside later, there is no food left.
An adolescent boy loses his apprentice job as a carpenter because he chooses to go swimming instead of working.
Four survivors of world war ll sit around a table and share their war stories with a naïve reporter.
King Richard the Lionheart
The poetry is performed rather than read.
Poems are still often recited orally.
Alliteration
a small-town governor who speaks out against corrupt politicians faces exile and must build a new life without his family.
She abandons people when they least expect it
I sometimes wonder who is worthy here.
Elizabeth Proctor is most clearly a round character.
Moses
Genghis Khan
The story stresses the affects of a good and bad behavior.
A tough but fair coach who drives athletes to their best
