"He was a true, perfect gentle knight"

Pilgrim: The Knight

Satirical Technique: Irony

Characterization Type: Direct

"But certainly she had a fair forehead; it was almost a span broad, I believe"

Pilgrim: The Prioress

Satirical Technique: Hyperbole

Characterization Type: Direct

"He didn't give a plucked hen for that text that says hunters are not holy men"

Pilgrim: The Monk

Satirical Technique: Sarcasm

Characterization Type: Indirect

"For it was not fitting for such a worthy man as he, according to his position, to have acquaintance with sick lepers"

Pilgrim: The Friar

Satirical Technique: Euphemism

Characterization Type: Indirect

"This worthy man employed his wit very well: no one knew that he was in debt"

Pilgrim: The Merchant

Satirical Technique: Irony

Characterization Type: Indirect

"For he would rather have at his bed's head twenty books, bound in black or red, of Aristotle and his philosophy, than rich robes, or fiddle, or gay psaltery"

Pilgrim: The Clerk

Satirical Technique: Juxtaposition

Characterization Type: Indirect

"Nowhere was there so busy a man as he, and yet he seemed busier than he was"

Pilgrim: The Sergeant of Law

Satirical Technique: Contradiction

Characterization Type: Direct

"It snowed in his house with meat and drink, of all delicacies that men could think of"

Pilgrim: The Franklin

Satirical Technique: Hyperbole

Characterization Type: Indirect

"She was a worthy woman all her life: she had five husbands at the church door"

Pilgrim: The Wife of Bath

Satirical Technique: Irony

Characterization Type: Direct

"But Christ's teaching and his twelve apostles' he taught, but first he followed it himself"

Pilgrim: The Parson

Satirical Technique: Understatement

Characterization Type: Direct

"Well could he steal corn and take toll thrice; and yet he had a thumb of gold, by God"

Pilgrim: The Miller

Satirical Technique: Irony

Characterization Type: Indirect

"He was secretly very well stored with riches: he could please his lord subtly"

Pilgrim: The Reeve

Satirical Technique: Euphemism

Characterization Type: Indirect

"Men should not find a better fellow: he would allow, for a quart of wine, a good fellow to have his concubine"

Pilgrim: The Summoner

Satirical Technique: Euphemism

Characterization Type: Indirect

"But with these relics, when he found a poor parson dwelling in the country, in one day he got more money than the parson got in two months"

Pilgrim: The Pardoner

Satirical Technique: Contradiction

Characterization Type: Indirect

Satirical Technique

specific methods writers use to criticize society through humor

Irony

Expressing the opposite of what you actually mean

Hyperbole

Deliberate overstatement to emphasize a point

Understatement

Deliberately downplaying something significant

Parody

Imitating and exaggerating a style, work, or person for comedic effect

Caricature

Distorting features or characteristics to create a recognizable but exaggerated version

Juxtaposition

Placing contrasting elements side by side to highlight differences