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1
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Who translated the bible into English?

A

John Wycliffe

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2
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who wrote The Canterbury Tales

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Geoffrey Chaucer

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3
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who wrote Piers Plowman

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William langeland

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4
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whose significance affected British culture

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Norman Conquest

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5
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Germanic tribes who influenced Britain

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Angles and Saxons

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6
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who first introduced The Gospel to Britain

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the Romans

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7
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who are followers of John Wycliffe

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lollards

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8
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what is an anonymous lyric poem

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ballad

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9
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an oldest literary form in British literature

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Epic

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10
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a literary device used by Chaucer

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frame story

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11
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buy or from a person whose name is not known or given

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anonymous

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12
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having to do with language

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linguistic

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13
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comparison using like or as

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simile

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14
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comparison one thing is said to be another

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metaphor

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15
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Union

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amalgamation

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16
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related

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cognate

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17
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describing in words

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depict

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18
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think out: plan

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devise

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19
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able to be wrong or inaccurate

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fallible

20
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people who are not members of the clergy

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laity

21
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language related

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linguistic

22
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growing without restraint or limit

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rampant

23
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widely celebrated

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renowned

24
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nonreligious; of this world

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temporal

25
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Middle English Period

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ad 1066 to ad 1474

26
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Old English Period

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ad 449 to ad 1066

27
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Wycliffe Bible translation

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ad 1382

28
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Norman Conquest

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ad 1066

29
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Roman withdrawal from Britain

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ad 410

30
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author known for realistic lifelike characters

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Geoffrey Chaucer

31
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who wrote ecclesiastical history of the English people

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venerable bede

32
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a literary Works showing A Renewed interest in the Bible

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Piers Plowman

33
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the period in which Canterbury Tales was written in

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Middle English Period

34
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the best known work from the old English.

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Beowulf

35
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who wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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the Pearl poet

36
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what do you use to divide a word at the end of a line or to indicate a compound adjective or number

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hyphen

37
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what do you place around someone’s exact words

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quotation marks

38
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proper what and what are capitalized

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nouns… Adjectives

39
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what do you use to separate items in a series

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,

40
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what do you use a comma or semicolon two separate

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two independent clauses are separated by a semicolon and a coordinating conjunction is separated by a comma

41
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what do you use an apostrophe for

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in contractions and possessive nouns

42
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what follows is salutation in a friendly letter and in a business letter

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a comma for the friendly letter and a colon for the business letter

43
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what follows the salutation in a business letter

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colon

44
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what Market do you use for the titles of books newspapers and magazines when written although they are italicized when printed

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underline

45
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what do you use to set off an introductory adverb clause or participial phrase

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,

46
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what do you use after Roman numerals letters and numbers in an outline

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a period

47
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Roman invasion

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55 BC

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