55 B.C.
Roman invasion
A.D. 410
Roman withdrawal
A.D. 449 to A.D. 1066
Old English Period
A.D. 1066 to A.D. 1475
Middle English Period
A.D. 1066
Norman Conquest
A.D. 1384
John Wycliffe translated the Bible into English
A.D. 1215
Magna Charta
Related
cognate
Language-related
linguistic
Union
amalgamation
Unknown
anonymous
The Canterbury Tales were written in the ____ period
Middle English
Simile
comparison using like or as
Metaphor
comparison where one thing is said to be another
The titles of books, newspapers, and magazines are set off in ____ when printed but are ____ when write.
italics, underlined
Items in a series are separated by ____.
commas
In printed material, a.m. and p.m. are _____.
capitalized
A ___ is used to divide a word at the end of a line or to indicate a ____ adjective or number.
hyphen, compound
The abbreviation for more than one Mrs. is ___-.
Mmes.
The abbreviation for more than one Mr. is ____.
Messrs.
Place a ___ before a conjunctive adverb in a compound sentence.
semicolon
linguistic
having to do with language
precede
usher
the system of western Europe in the Middle Ages
feudal system
a singer from the Middle Ages
minstrel
widely celebrated
renowned
invent; plan
devise
represented by drawing out in words or painting.
depict
growing without restraint or limit.
rampant
worldly;
temporal
liable to err
fallible
people who are not members of the clergy
laity
British literature is incomplete without a knowledge of the ____ of the British Isles and the development of the _____ language.
history, English
First-century Romans introduced the _____ to the British Isles.
Gospel
Prior to A.D. 1066, the Germanic tribes who had the greatest influence on Britain were the ____ and _____.
Angles, Saxons
The best-known literary epic of the Old English Period is ____.
Beowulf
The _____ was a private point in British history because it brought about drastic changes in government, language, religion, and culture.
Norman Conquest
Most of the ballads of the Middle English Period revealed a lack of _____ in society.
spiritual
Geoffrey Chaucer is reputed to be one of the three greatest English ___.
poets
Chaucer's use of realistic ____ distinguished The Canterbury Tales.
characters
Piers Plowman was an ____ which expressed a renewed interest in the ____ and it application to life.
allegory, Bible
John Wycliffe translated the ____ into ___ making the Scriptures available to the common man.
Bible, English
Norman Conquest, Wycliffe Bible translation, Old English Period, Roman invasion, End of Middle English Period, Roman withdrawal from Britain
Roman invasion, Roman withdrawal from Britain, Old English Period, Norman Conquest, Wycliffe Bible translation, End of Middle English Period
Frame Story;
a story or stories within the framework of another story
Ballad;
a brief lyrical poem usually relating singular events in the life of an individual
Anonymous;
by or from a person whose name is not known or given
Epic;
a long narrative poem telling of the adventures and achievements of one or more national heroes
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
the Pearl poet
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
Piers Plowman
William Langland
the Twa Corbies
anonymous
Sir Patrick Spens
anonymous
Get Up and Bar the Door
anonymous
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Venerable Bede
To set off explanatory words or something emphasized
dash or comma
To set off "which" clauses
comma
After the salutations a business letter
colon
To indicate titles of book, newspapers, and magazines in printed
italics
To end an imperative sentence
period or exclamation point
In contractions and possessive nouns
apostrophe
After a strong Interjection
exclamation point
To indicate the names of ships and spacecraft when written
underline
In compound adjectives and numbers
hyphen
To indicate titles of poems and essays
quotation marks
To join two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction
semicolon
Romans 12:2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.
Gift;
a God-given ability, skill, or talent