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Unit 1 Middle Ages Crossword Puzzle
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ANONYMITY : author is unknown or withheld
EPIC : a long narrative that relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero (typically involves a journey or quest)
FABLIAUX : short metrical tale, usually humorous, popular in medieval France
FARCE : A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations
FOIL : a character who sets off another character by strong contrast
FRAME STORY : a narrative providing the framework for connecting a series of otherwise unrelated stories
HYPERBOLE : an exaggeration (ex: I am so hungry I could eat a horse)
HUSSYFSKAP : household chores
MUCKLE : much
BALLAD : song or songlike poem that tells a story
BLACK PLAGUE : a disease that came from Asia, swept across Europe, and killed about 1/3 of England's population
EXCALIBUR : King Arthur's magical sword
CHAUCER : author of The Canterbury Tales
PARDONER : a person who pardoned ordinary people's sins by praying to God for them (but only for a price!)
MARGERY KEMPE : in the first chapter of this woman's autobiography, she loses her mind and is plagued by demons
Unit 1 Middle Ages Crossword Puzzle
Across:2. | author is unknown or withheld | 4. | author of The Canterbury Tales | 5. | King Arthur's magical sword | 8. | an exaggeration (ex: I am so hungry I could eat a horse) | 9. | a disease that came from Asia, swept across Europe, and killed about 1/3 of England's population |
| 12. | song or songlike poem that tells a story | 13. | a long narrative that relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero (typically involves a journey or quest) | 14. | a character who sets off another character by strong contrast | 15. | a narrative providing the framework for connecting a series of otherwise unrelated stories |
| | Down:1. | household chores | 3. | in the first chapter of this woman's autobiography, she loses her mind and is plagued by demons | 6. | much |
| 7. | short metrical tale, usually humorous, popular in medieval France | 10. | A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations | 11. | a person who pardoned ordinary people's sins by praying to God for them (but only for a price!) |
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Unit 1 Middle Ages Crossword Puzzle
Across:2. | author is unknown or withheld | 4. | author of The Canterbury Tales | 5. | King Arthur's magical sword | 8. | an exaggeration (ex: I am so hungry I could eat a horse) | 9. | a disease that came from Asia, swept across Europe, and killed about 1/3 of England's population |
| 12. | song or songlike poem that tells a story | 13. | a long narrative that relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero (typically involves a journey or quest) | 14. | a character who sets off another character by strong contrast | 15. | a narrative providing the framework for connecting a series of otherwise unrelated stories |
| | Down:1. | household chores | 3. | in the first chapter of this woman's autobiography, she loses her mind and is plagued by demons | 6. | much |
| 7. | short metrical tale, usually humorous, popular in medieval France | 10. | A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations | 11. | a person who pardoned ordinary people's sins by praying to God for them (but only for a price!) |
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© 2013
PuzzleFast.com, Noncommercial Use Only