1133 Flashcards

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Who translated the bible into English?

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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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what is an anonymous lyric poem

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ballad

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an oldest literary form in British literature

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Epic

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a literary device used by Chaucer

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frame story

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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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having to do with language

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linguistic

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comparison using like or as

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simile

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comparison one thing is said to be another

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metaphor

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Union

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amalgamation

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related

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cognate

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describing in words

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depict

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think out: plan

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devise

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able to be wrong or inaccurate

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people who are not members of the clergy

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language related

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linguistic

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growing without restraint or limit

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widely celebrated

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nonreligious; of this world

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Middle English Period
ad 1066 to ad 1474
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Old English Period
ad 449 to ad 1066
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Wycliffe Bible translation
ad 1382
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Norman Conquest
ad 1066
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Roman withdrawal from Britain
ad 410
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author known for realistic lifelike characters
Geoffrey Chaucer
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who wrote ecclesiastical history of the English people
venerable bede
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a literary Works showing A Renewed interest in the Bible
Piers Plowman
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the period in which Canterbury Tales was written in
Middle English Period
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the best known work from the old English.
Beowulf
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who wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
the Pearl poet
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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
hyphen
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what do you place around someone's exact words
quotation marks
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proper what and what are capitalized
nouns... Adjectives
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what do you use to separate items in a series
,
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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
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what do you use an apostrophe for
in contractions and possessive nouns
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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
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what follows the salutation in a business letter
colon
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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
underline
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what do you use to set off an introductory adverb clause or participial phrase
,
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what do you use after Roman numerals letters and numbers in an outline
a period
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Roman invasion
55 BC