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Lit Notes Crucible Unit
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1
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What is a metaphor?
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A comparison of unlike things
2
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What is an analogy?
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A comparison of like things
3
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What is a crucible?
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A vat used to move hot metal
4
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What is the structure of the play The Crucible?
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Allegory, historical fiction, cautionary tale
5
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What is Arthur Miller's play The Crucible categorized as?
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Modernist, Historical Fiction
6
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What is the surface story of the play The Crucible?
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Salem Witch Trials
7
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When was witchcraft hysteria common in Europe?
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16th and 17th Century
8
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What happened in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692-1693?
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Salem Witch Trials led to imprisonment of 160 and execution of 20
9
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How could one avoid being hanged during the Salem Witch Trials?
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By naming other witches
10
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When was Arthur Miller's The Crucible published?
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1953
11
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What are two nicknames for the 1950s era?
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The Red Scare, McCarthyism
12
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Who is McCarthyism named after?
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Joseph McCarthy, who accused Americans of being communists
13
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What does the term 'McCarthyism' mean?
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Public accusations without evidence
14
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What does HUAC stand for?
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House of Un-American Activities Committee
15
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What did HUAC believe about actors and Hollywood?
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They believed they were Communists
16
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What does 'blacklisting' mean?
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Putting people on a list of suspects
17
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Define allusion
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A reference in one literary work to another literary work or historical figure/event
18
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Define allegory
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A story with two meanings: a surface/literal plot and a symbolic representation model
19
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Define irony
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Verbal irony - saying one thing but meaning the opposite; Situational irony - opposite of what is expected happens; Dramatic irony - audience knows something characters don't
20
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Define monologue
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A long speech by one actor in a play or movie
21
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Define dialogue
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Conversation between two or more people in a book, play, or movie
22
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Define soliloquy
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Speaking one's thoughts aloud when alone, especially in a play
23
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Define dialect
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A particular form of language peculiar to a specific region or social group
24
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Define parallelism
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The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.
25
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Define loaded words
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Words/phrases in communication that elicit strong emotional responses
26
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Define local color
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Customs, manner of speech, dress, or typical features of a place or period contributing to its character
27
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What are the uses of a semicolon?
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1. Connect related independent clauses 2. Use in a serial list 3. With conjunctive adverbs
28
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What is an atlas?
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A book or collection of maps, often containing facts and history about places
29
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What should a sentence have to not be considered a fragment?
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At least one main verb and subject; Run-on sentences consist of at least two independent clauses connected in one sentence without proper punctuation.
30
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What is a run-on sentence?
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At least two independent clauses connected in one sentence without proper punctuation