Prologue (Grime Mix)
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- In this lesson, we will explore the Prologue of 'Telling Tales' and compare sections of it to 'The Canterbury Tales'.
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10 Questions
Q1.
What type of poem is 'The Canterbury Tales'?
A monologue
A sonnet
Q2.
Which poem was 'Telling Tales' inspired by?
Beowulf
Sonnet 18
Q3.
What is a frame narrative?
A narrative that includes lots of different shots to be used in filming
When a smaller story contains a larger story
Q4.
When a narrative includes lots of smaller narratives, what do we call this?
Layered story
Narrative inception
Q5.
Select the frame narrative.
Cinderella
Noughts and Crosses
Q6.
What is the correct definition of a pilgrim?
a person who journeys from town to town for work
a person who journeys to a village for harvest
Q7.
Which tale inspired the character of Robert Knightley?
The Friar's Tale
The Miller's Tale
Q8.
Select the correct similarity between Robert Knightly and the Knight.
Both fought in crusades
Both spoke 15 languages
Q9.
Select the correct similarity between Robert Knightly and the Knight.
Both were shortlisted for the T.S Eliot prize
Both worked for the British Council
Q10.
Select the correct similarity between the Miller and Robyn Miller.
Both follow conventions
Both love religious clerks
10 Questions
Q1.
Which text is written by Geoffrey Chaucer?
Telling Tales
Telling the Canterbury Tales
Q2.
Which character was Robert Knightley based on?
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Miller
Q3.
What do we call the introduction to a book, film, play or poem?
Biography
Personification
Q4.
What is the purpose of a prologue?
To explain to the reader why the author became a writer
To tell the reader all the positive parts of the story
Q5.
Who is the Host in Telling Tales?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Harry Bailly
Q6.
If a writer gives human characteristics to something non-human what are they using?
Metaphor
Personalisation
Q7.
In Telling Tales, what is continually being personified throughout the poem?
Canterbury Cathedral
Routemaster bus
Q8.
What does the Host say is flowing through his veins?
April
Blood
Q9.
Who tells the FIRST tale?
Geoffrey Chaucer and Patience Agbabi
The Miller and Robyn Miller
Q10.
Where are the pilgrims journeying to and from in both poems?
Canterbury to the Tabard Inn
Southwark to the Tabard Inn