Geoffrey Chaucer

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/geoffrey-chaucer

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Geoffrey Chaucer born?Circa 1343
2. When did Geoffrey Chaucer die?October 25, 1400
3. Where was Geoffrey Chaucer born?London, England
4. What is the career?Poet, writer, civil servant, diplomat, courtier, Member of Parliament

Middle English: The vernacular language of England from roughly the 12th to the 15th century, distinct from Old English and Modern English.
Frame Narrative: A literary technique where a story is embedded within another story, like a story within a story.
Vernacular: The native language or dialect of a specific population, as opposed to a formal or literary language.
Satire: The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices.