1a. What outward signs point to Kempe's pride?
2a. What is the first business venture that Kempe undertakes? Why does it fail?
3a. What business does she start next? Why does it fail?
4a. Identify elements revealed about everyday medieval life.
5a. Summarize the religious beliefs of Kempe.
1b. Why does Kempe think she is prideful?
2b. How did this business failure affect Kempe's opinion of herself?
3b. What does Kempe's willingness to start another business say about her personality?
4b. What is your overall impression about medieval life?
5b. Compare and contrast the religious theme in this selection with that expressed in the lyric poetry earlier in this unit.
Point of View. How does the point of view affect the tone of the text? How would a first person point of view change the tone?
Autobiography. Review the chart you made for Literary Tools. What do you learn about Kempe's life? Explain whether her life fits what you expected of the life of a medieval woman.
1. Write a notice from Margery Kempe explaining why she is not starting a new business.
2. Choose an important event in your life. Write an autobiographical essay about this event and the effect it had on you.
3. Imagine that you had the chance to interview Margery Kempe for a television show. Write a dialogue for that interview.
Avoiding Double Negatives.Using more than one negative in a sentence, or using a double negative, cancels out the meaning of the original negative used in the sentence. In the following sentences, underline the negatives. If you find a double negative, rewrite the sentence to include only one negative. If the sentence is correct, write Correct..
1. Like many women of her time, Kempe couldn't neither read nor write.
2. Margery Kempe didn't never physically write her autobiography.
3. Kemp's autobiography does not relate a chronological story of a person's life.
4. There is not hardly any sense of the passage of time throughout the book.
5. Kemp didn't enter a convent nor live in reclusion neither.
Researching Medieval Women. Use the Internet and print sources to learn either about typical daily life or about the lives of specific women during the Medieval Period.
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Expository Writing.Think of a process that you perform every day, such as opening a computer file or taking the bus. Write a paragraph or two explaining the process for someone who has never done the activity. As you write, remember to use spatial and time order to detail the process.
