Crucible Act 1 Vocab
Crucible Act 1 Vocab
Elements of Drama
Elements of Drama
Miscellaneous
100
Mr. and Mrs. Putnam might be described as "Purposefully hurtful or hateful," or, in other words...
What is vindictive?
100
If you show "respect towards another's opinions or interests," you are showing them...
What is deference?
100
A humorous work of drama
What is a comedy?
100
Definition of tragedy
What is a serious work of drama?
100
Aye is another word for....
What is "yes"?
200
Another word for "disagreement" is...
What is contention?
200
It is an abomination that so many innocent people died during the Salem Witch Trials. The word abomination means...
What is an object of shame, disgust, or dislike?
200
Definition of "cast of characters"
What is a list of the characters who appear onstage?
200
Dialogue
What is a conversation between two or more characters?
200
Goody is another word for....
What is "Mrs."?
300
Tituba supposedly conjured Ruth Putnam's dead sisters. The definition of "conjured" is...
What is to invoke unnatural or supernatural forces?
300
Lacking moral or ethical restraint
What is licentious?
300
Opposite of dialogue (bonus points if you can tell me the definition)
What is monologue? Definition: a long speech spoken by a character to himself
300
A division within a play, like the chapters of a novel (Hint: there are 4 of these in The Crucible)
What is an act?
300
What happened to Abigail's parents?
They were murdered by Indians.
400
Prodigious
What is great/impressive in size or amount?
400
Innate
What is a quality or characteristic that you are born with?
400
Italicized comments that explain the setting, use of props, and the way in which characters speak
What are stage directions?
400
Definition of drama
What is a work of literature that is meant to be performed in front of an audience?
400
The real reason for Abigail getting fired from the Proctor's home
What is she had an affair with John Proctor?
500
Manifestation
What is a sign, or the indication of the existence of something?
500
Paradox
What is a statement or situation which is contradictory?
500
A division of an act into smaller parts
What is a scene?
500
Dramatic irony
What is "when the audience knows something that the characters do not"?
500
How old is Giles Corey?
In his 80s
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