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Which scenario portrays a round character

knowing that his next question would reveal the truth to the court the lawyer stared at his guilty client and asked the question anyway

What story scenarios would best fit the historical context of the 14th century

A small-town governor who speaks out against corrupt politicians faces exile and must build a new life without his family.

What is the most likely reason The Monk's Tale is full of parables

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.

How do parables and fables differ

Parables have human characters while fables have animal characters.

Which innovation is attributed to Geoffrey chaucer

The use of slant rhyme

What is the best example of a story's historical context

The politics that the author comments on

The economic situation the author lives in

Which story scenario would most likely be a Parable

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.

Which statement describes how connotation is used in this passage

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The connotation of the word "ripped" adds to the violent feeling of the passage.

Which scenario is the best example of a frame narrative

Four survivors of world war ll sit around a table and share their war stories with a naïve reporter.

Which political figure does the monk not include in his parables

King Richard the Lionheart

Which sentence describes a characteristic of a poetry slam

The poetry is performed rather than read.

Which line from Grendel best shows the darker side of the character Beowulf

He's whispering — spilling words like showers of sleet, his mouth three inches from my ear. (169)

In which way does poetry today resemble poetry from the 14th century

Poems are still often recited orally.

Which story scenario would best fit the historical context of the 14th century

a small-town governor who speaks out against corrupt politicians faces exile and must build a new life without his family.

According to the monk why does Fortune abandon people

Because people become prideful and believe that she will always reward them.

What According to the monks stories what common trait do Nebuchadnezzar and belshazzar share

Both were Kings

Which line is decasyllabic

I sometimes wonder who is worthy here.

In The Crucible characters is most clearly a round character

Elizabeth Proctor is most clearly a round character.

Which of chaucers description from the monks tale best illustrates fortune as unreliable

And when men trust in her she then will fail/ and cover her bright face as with a cloud.

Which sentence best describes a characteristic of a parable

The story stresses the affects of a good and bad behavior.

Which character is the best example of an archetype

A tough but fair coach who drives athletes to their best

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