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when you and some friends told funnystories about growing up.What situations inspire people to tellstories?What role does an audience play in making the telling of astory more interesting?Share your thoughts in a class discussion.  \nBuild Background  \nMedieval Story Time In the\"Prologue,\"or introduction,from The CanterburyTales,a group of travelers from variouswalks of life gather in an inn outsideLondon to make a pilgrimage to theshrine of Saint Thomas à Becket in thecity of Canterbury.At the suggestion ofthe innkeeper (the Host),the groupdecides to hold a storytelling competi-tion to pass the time as they travel.Theportion of The Canterbury Tales thatfollows the“Prologue”consists mainlyof the stories that various pilgrims tell.  \nWORDS TO KNOW Vocabulary Previewaccruedisdainmodeagilitydispatchpersonablecourtlinesseminentrepinedeferfrugalsedatelydiligentmaladywield  \nThe Canterbury Talesand The Decameron  \nf you wish to compare thestorytelling tradition across cultures,you might read \"Federigo's Falcon,\"the excerpt from The Decameronthat follows the three excerpts fromThe Canterbury Tales.Points ofComparison between Chaucer's andBoccaccio's tales include thenarrative structure of the frame storyand the authors'focus on storieswith love themes.  \nFocus Your Reading  \nLITERARY ANALYSIS TONE The tone of a literary work expressesthe writer's attitude toward the work's subject or characters.Atone,for example,may be formal or informal,amused or impatient.In the“Prologue”the narrator uses a detached,ironic tone,oftenunderstating his criticisms or saying the opposite of what he reallythinks.For example,in the following lines Chaucer reveals hisattitude toward a Friar who dispenses God's forgiveness(“absolution”)freely,as long as he receives a donation-anattitude he probably expects the reader to share.  \nSweetly he heard his penitents at shriftWith pleasant absolution,for a gift.  \nACTIVE READING ANALYZING CHARACTERIZATIONCharacterization is the means by which a writer develops acharacter's personality.A writer can use a number of techniques:  \n·description of the character's physical appearance  \n·presentation of the character's speech,thoughts,feelings,andactions  \n·presentation of other characters'speech,thoughts,feelings,andactions as they relate to the character  \n READER'S NOTEBOOK As you read the\"Prologue,\"jot downwords or phrases that convey the personalities of some of thecharacters the narrator describes,as well as the narrator himself.Be sure to include the Pardoner and the Wife of Bath.  \n# The Prologue\n\nWhen in April the sweet showers fall  \nAnd pierce the drought of March to the root,and allThe veins are bathed in liquor of such powerAs brings about the engendering of the flower,  \nGUIDE FOR READING  \n5When also Zephyrus with his sweet breath  \n5 Zephyrus (zěf'er-os):the Greekgod of the west wind (the blowingof which is viewed as a sign ofspring).What detail or details inline 1 are reinforced here?  \nExhales 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