1133 Flashcards
Who translated the bible into English?
John Wycliffe
who wrote The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
who wrote Piers Plowman
William langeland
whose significance affected British culture
Norman Conquest
Germanic tribes who influenced Britain
Angles and Saxons
who first introduced The Gospel to Britain
the Romans
who are followers of John Wycliffe
lollards
what is an anonymous lyric poem
ballad
an oldest literary form in British literature
Epic
a literary device used by Chaucer
frame story
buy or from a person whose name is not known or given
anonymous
having to do with language
linguistic
comparison using like or as
simile
comparison one thing is said to be another
metaphor
Union
amalgamation
related
cognate
describing in words
depict
think out: plan
devise
able to be wrong or inaccurate
fallible
people who are not members of the clergy
laity
language related
linguistic
growing without restraint or limit
rampant
widely celebrated
renowned
nonreligious; of this world
temporal
Middle English Period
ad 1066 to ad 1474
Old English Period
ad 449 to ad 1066
Wycliffe Bible translation
ad 1382
Norman Conquest
ad 1066
Roman withdrawal from Britain
ad 410
author known for realistic lifelike characters
Geoffrey Chaucer
who wrote ecclesiastical history of the English people
venerable bede
a literary Works showing A Renewed interest in the Bible
Piers Plowman
the period in which Canterbury Tales was written in
Middle English Period
the best known work from the old English.
Beowulf
who wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
the Pearl poet
what do you use to divide a word at the end of a line or to indicate a compound adjective or number
hyphen
what do you place around someone’s exact words
quotation marks
proper what and what are capitalized
nouns… Adjectives
what do you use to separate items in a series
,
what do you use a comma or semicolon two separate
two independent clauses are separated by a semicolon and a coordinating conjunction is separated by a comma
what do you use an apostrophe for
in contractions and possessive nouns
what follows is salutation in a friendly letter and in a business letter
a comma for the friendly letter and a colon for the business letter
what follows the salutation in a business letter
colon
what Market do you use for the titles of books newspapers and magazines when written although they are italicized when printed
underline
what do you use to set off an introductory adverb clause or participial phrase
,
what do you use after Roman numerals letters and numbers in an outline
a period
Roman invasion
55 BC
