Authors
The Scarlet Letter
The Crucible
Rhetorical Devices
Syntax ans Style
100
Henry David Thoreau
What is a 19th century trancendentalist, poet, abolitionist who wrote "Civil Disobedience"
100
Where the Scarlet Letter A and 12 pages of documentation was found
What is the Custom House in Salem
100
He said: "Your justice would freeze beer"
Who is John Proctor
100
Whoa what a tangled web we weave
What is alliteration
100
Use this to seperate two complete sentences with a common subject
What is the semicolon
200
A liberal-minded professor concerned with welfare reform, she did a social experiment to see if the working poor could live on what they earn.
Who is Barbara Ehenreich
200
The symbolism of the prison door
What is strict puritanical rule
200
Said: "More Weight" while being tortured
Who is Giles Corey
200
She cried for the deseased soldier
What is a euphemism
200
When the main clause comes at the end of a sentence
What is a periodic sentence
300
He worked at a custom house in Salem
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne
300
Publically encourages Hester to speak out the name of her baby's father
Who is Master Dimmesdale
300
The rhetorical device employed when Rev. Hale says: "The devil's mark is very precise"
What is irony
300
Mrs. Witte assigns us thousands of essays
What is a hyperbole
300
The three necessary components for a complete sentence
What is subject, verb, predicate
400
A civil rights activist who served time in a Birmingham Jail where he wrote a letter
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr
400
The symbolism of the meteor, to Dimmesdale
What is God sees his sin
400
Publically encourages Hester to speak out the name of her baby's father
Who is Master Dimmesdale
400
MacArthur won the football game
What is metonomy
400
I will go to the movies, to the store and to the park.
What is parellel structure
500
Wrote a book about his poor, miserable, Irish Catholic childhood
Who is Frank McCourt
500
Written on Hester's gravestone
What is On a field, sable, the letter A, Gules
500
The political issue in America that prompted Miller to write The Crucible
What is McCarthyism
500
We went to war to bring about peace
What is a paradox
500
A sentence in which the predicate comes before the subject
What is inverted syntax
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