The Canterbury Tales

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The Canterbury Tales

• Literary Devices

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Vernacular

• The native speech or language of a place, class,
  or profession.

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Satire

• The use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like,
  in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly,
  etc.

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Irony

• 1.The use of words to convey a meaning that is
  the opposite of its literal meaning.

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Exemplum

• 1. An example or model.

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Allegory

• symbolic narrative.

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Direct Characterization

• In literature and drama, the method of character
  development in which the author simply tells what
  the character is like

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Indirect Characterization

• Character is described through conversations with
  others, reactions to situations, etc. The author
  does not just tell what they are like.