Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will look at how The Refugee Tales uses poetic tone to get across the message of how refugees should be treated with respect.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Which is the correct description of Chaucer's General Prologue?
Correct answer: His introduction to a long poem about different pilgrims.
His love poem to his wife.
His speech about the weather and how nice it is.
Q2.
What is the primary reason for Chaucer's Prologue?
Correct answer: To entertain the reader with stories of different people in society.
To keep a list of everyone he met on pilgrimage.
To prove how religious he really was.
Q3.
Why is Spring an important time in both poems?
Because everyone is happier when it is sunny.
Correct answer: Because it is a time that represents hope and change for pilgrims and refugees.
Because it was Chaucer and David Herd's favourite season.
Q4.
What is the key message of 'The Refugee Tales' Prologue?
Refugees should be ignored.
Refugees should be sent home.
Correct answer: Refugees should be welcomed.
Q5.
What is 'The Refugee Tales' Prologue angry about?
Refugees are not given enough money to live on.
Refugees are not given safe housing.
Correct answer: Refugees are treated like criminals for seeking asylum.

5 Questions

Q1.
What is the correct definition of 'tone'?
Correct answer: Mood or emotions shown in a text.
Musical notes.
Strength and flexibility.
Q2.
Which of these is NOT used to show tone in a text?
Correct answer: Alliteration
Imagery
Repetition
Vocabulary
Q3.
What is the overall tone of the poem, The Refugee Tales Prologue?
Celebratory
Cheerful
Mournful
Correct answer: Serious
Q4.
Why does the poem use some French words?
It doesn't, those words are typos.
To be weird and confusing
Correct answer: To make links with Chaucer's poem and remind us refugees speak other languages.
Q5.
What is the overall message of the poem?
It's not good for your tone to be too loud or too quiet.
Use the right tone whenever you write poems.
Correct answer: Welcome refugees and speak to them with respect.

Lesson appears in

UnitEnglish / The Refugee Tales: 'Prologue', ed. Anna Pincus and David Herd

English