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Week beginning April 14, 2012

Week beginning April 14, 2012. The Canterbury Tales Book assignment is due on Wednesday Please make sure you create your flash cards of the literary terms. Begin to create your catalogue of novels you have read and studied throughout your years in high school. It is extremely important.

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Week beginning April 14, 2012

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  1. Week beginning April 14, 2012 • The Canterbury Tales Book assignment is due on Wednesday • Please make sure you create your flash cards of the literary terms. • Begin to create your catalogue of novels you have read and studied throughout your years in high school. It is extremely important. • Please if you do not understand any of the assignments, do not hesitate to contact me!

  2. Types of characters • Round Characters: These are complex and multidimensional, like real people. • Flat Characters: These are one dimensional and superficial; they can be described in one sentence. • Dynamic Characters: They change in an important way because of the story’s action. • Static Characters: they do not change much or at all during a story. • Stock Characters: They are predictable stereotypes of people.

  3. CT Characterization Book • You will create your own little book and it must include the following: • Name of character and lines where your character’s information is found. • Categorize each of your characters according to their roles in 14th Century English society. (Church, trade/profession, ranking in feudal system) • How does Chaucer characterize them.(Direct or indirect) • Include what he uses to describe them? (Possessions, physical traits, clothing, behavior, attitude) • What does what he uses to characterize them say about your characters? • What is the author’s tone/attitude towards the character? Explain why you think so. • Please include an illustration of what you think your character looks like based on Chaucer’s description

  4. Vocabulary Words: Wednesday • Allusion • Anaphora • Aphorism • Apostrophe • Allegory • Analogy • Assonance • Connotation • Denotation • Diction

  5. Vocabulary words - Thursday • Ellipses • Epistrophe • Euphemism • Hyperbole • Imagery • Juxtaposition • Malapropism • Metonymy • Onomatopoeia • Paradox

  6. Vocabulary for Friday • Comic inversion • Didactic • Parallel structure • Consonance • Elegy • Mordant irony • Comforting metaphor • Aversion

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