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The Canterbury Tales

Post-Reading, Top-Ranked Words Quiz

The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
edited by Purves
Vocabulary in Context

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This quiz asks students to use sentence context to choose each word's meaning. It reinforces vocabulary as students encounter it while reading: in context, not as isolated definitions.

Top-ranked words are selected for text frequency, grade-level challenge, academic usefulness, and importance to understanding the text. Hand-edited texts can better account for importance to comprehension and especially memorable or meaningful passages.

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Words:	Top-Ranked Extra Credit
Sentences:	Pre-Reading Post-Reading
Style:	Printable Interactive

The Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer edited by Purves Vocabulary in Context

The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
edited by Purves
Vocabulary in Context