<u>Answer</u>:
The excerpt satirize the Church (A) by exaggerating the greedy nature of the clergy
<u>Explanation</u>:
In “The Canterbury Tales” by “Chaucer”, the author depicts that all the clergy men, spiritual leaders in a church, are all corrupt people. He creates a satire on many characters from various professions and people from different classes.
Specifically, in a church, he criticizes that even forgiveness is available for purchase. Also, in church clergy men deceive people by asking them to buy the holy artifacts. This is cheating and is even morally wrong. Thus, Chaucer satirize the church by exaggerating the greedy nature of the clergy men.
Answer:
Mendacious: Not telling the truth;lying
Example:
They spread mendacious propaganda.
Answer:
Sometimes the narrator has an opinion on things and takes sides. But if most people agree on a choice, the narrator usually agrees too. For example, in a fairy tale, snow white fell asleep and most people wanted snow to wake up. (The dwarves) But only the evil queen and her servants wanted her to die. SO if the narrator said
"Snow white was so dramatic and sad and she was so useless. The evil queen on the other hand, deserves to win and she is amazing."
People wouldn't want to read it because the opinion is not very popular.
Explanation:
Context clues<span> are hints that an author gives to help </span>define<span> a difficult or unusual word. The </span>clue<span> may appear within the same sentence as the word to which it refers, or it may follow in a preceding sentence. The choices cannot be found here. So, it would be best to first understand what are context clues.</span>
Well, I old man will feel happy if he has achamplished everything he ever wanted in life. Hope this helps :p
