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GRADE 9 REVIEWER pivotal role in legitimizing the MIDTERM; 1ST TERM use of Middle English as a literary language at a time...

GRADE 9 REVIEWER pivotal role in legitimizing the MIDTERM; 1ST TERM use of Middle English as a literary language at a time when French and Latin THE CANTERBURY TALES dominated literary and official Most prominent work in discourse. English during the Medieval Living during the Late Middle Period or Middle Ages Ages, Chaucer played a 24 tales (verse form) written pivotal role in legitimizing the in Middle English use of Middle English as a frame story (story within a literary language at a time story) when French and Latin pilgrimage from London to dominated literary and official Canterbury discourse. visit the shirine of St. Chaucer lived during a Thomas Becket in transformative period in Canterbury Cathedral English history, marked by events such as the Black host of Tabbard Inn at Death, the Hundred Years' Southwark (storytelling War, and significant social contest) and economic changes. free meal at the inn upon These events influenced his returning from the shrine writing, providing a backdrop Knight, Merchant, Wife of for his exploration of human Bath, Monk, Pardoner nature, societal structures, English Society during the and the complexities of life. 1300s GEOFFREY CHAUCER’S GEOFFREY CHAUCER NOTABLE WORKS: Father of English Literature "Troilus and Criseyde" first writer who used the "The Book of the Duchess" vernacular English as a "The House of Fame" medium in writing a major "The Parliament of Fowls" literary work during the Middle Ages turned English "The Legend of Good into a legitimate literary Women" language The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer (circa THE PARDONER’S TALE 1343–1400) was an Retold from Geoffrey influential English poet, Chaucer’s “The Canterbury writer, and civil servant, often Tales” by Eva March Tappan regarded as the "Father of A long narrative written in English literature." verse form. It usually tackles Living during the Late Middle the lives of ordinary people in Ages, Chaucer played a a society.  Setting: time and place of a RISING ACTION: The Quest story set in the late 14th for Death: The three rioters century pilgrims Tabbard Inn set out to find Death. On their Characters: The Three way, they encounter an old Rioters: The three young man who tells them that they men are characterized by can find Death under a their vices. They are nearby oak tree. When they described as arrogant, arrive at the tree, instead of greedy, and lacking in moral finding Death, they discover virtues. Their willingness to a large pile of gold coins. betray each other for Their greed takes over, and personal gain reveals their they forget about their quest moral depravity. to kill Death. Plot: Beginning Action, RISING ACTION (cont.): Rising Action, Climax, Falling Plotting and Betrayal: The Action, and Resolution three decide to split the Point of View: first person treasure, but they need to unidentified narrator; third wait until nightfall to transport person omniscient it, to avoid being caught. LIterary Devices: Symbolism They draw lots, and the refers to the use of objects to youngest of them is sent to figuratively represent town to fetch food and wine. important concepts or ideas. While he is away, the other two plot to kill him upon his Tone: humor, seriousness, return so they can divide the playfulness, sarcasm, gold between themselves. boldness, and piety CLIMAX: Double Betrayal: Theme: drastic effects of The youngest rioter, greed on people meanwhile, decides to kill the SUMMARY: other two by poisoning the EXPOSITION: The story wine. He purchases strong begins with the Pardoner, a poison and secretly mixes it church official who admits to with the wine. When he preaching solely for money, returns, the other two men introducing his tale. The tale attack and kill him as itself is set in a time of planned. They then sit down plague, where three young to celebrate by drinking the men (rioters) in a tavern hear poisoned wine. about a friend who has been FALLING ACTION: Inevitable killed by Death, a personified Doom: The two remaining figure. The three, driven by rioters drink the poisoned arrogance and greed, vow to wine and quickly die, fulfilling hunt down and kill Death. the prophecy of Death. In  their greed and betrayal, all SOCIAL ISSUES: three men meet their end. Moral Decay and Greed DENOUMENT: Moral and Betrayal and Lack of Trust Reflection: The Pardoner Fear of Death and Mortality concludes his tale with the VOCABULARY WORDS: moral that "greed is the root Refer to the vocabulary of all evil" (Radix malorum words for The Pardoner’s est cupiditas). He then Tale found in your IE for EC shamelessly offers to sell his Grade 9 Book. Others are: relics and pardons to the Derogatory: showing a other pilgrims, despite having critical or disrespectful just exposed his corruption. attitude WHY IS LITERATURE A MIRROR Vindicate: clear (someone) of OF LIFE? blame or suspicion Reflection of Human Impetuous: acting or done Emotions and Experiences quickly and without thought Portrayal of Society and or care Culture Admonish: advise or urge Exploration of Moral and (someone) earnestly Ethical Dilemmas Precipitate: cause (an event Imaginative Representation or situation, typically one that of Reality is bad or undesirable) to Insight into the Human happen suddenly, Psyche unexpectedly, or prematurely Expression of Universal Adversary: one's opponent in Truths a contest, conflict, or dispute. Catalyst for Change Logistics: the process of HOW CAN LITERATURE HELP US planning and executing the UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS efficient transportation and SOCIETAL PROBLEMS? storage of goods from the Raising Awareness point of origin to the point of Fostering Empathy consumption. Encouraging Critical Thinking Mendacious: not telling the Providing Historical Context truth; lying. Offering Diverse Peasant: a poor farmer of Perspectives low social status who owns Reflecting on Human Nature or rents a small piece of land for cultivation (chiefly in Inspiring Change historical use or with Imagining Alternatives reference to subsistence farming in poorer countries). Defamation: the act of communicating to a third  party false statements about a person that result in damage to that person's reputation. SENTENCE AND FRAGMENTS: A fragment refers to a group of words with incomplete thought. The incomplete thought is caused by the absence of either a subject or a verb, or sometimes both, in the sentence. In some cases, a fragment is mistaken as a sentence because the first word begins with a capital letter and the last word ends with period. A sentence is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb. Thus, its meaning is complete. TECHNIQUES USED TO TRANSFORM FRAGMENTS TO SENTENCES Please refer to slides 51-62 of this Canva Presentation: https://www.canva.com/design/DA GRA1dRzyE/BXLc-NY7wr3xilIpWs 60xA/edit?utm_content=DAGRA1 dRzyE&utm_campaign=designsha re&utm_medium=link2&utm_sour ce=sharebutton