Crucible
Who is the young woman whose affair with John Proctor sets the plot in motion?
Abigail Williams
What's the overall main point an argument is trying to convince you of called?
Contention
Who is the narrator and protagonist of The Penelopiad?
Penelope
What is our school address?
57 Miles St Southbank
What literary device is at work in the phrase "time is money"?
Metaphor
What object, discovered with a needle inside it, leads to Elizabeth Proctor's arrest?
A poppet
What technique uses words like "we," "us," and "our" to make the reader feel part of the same group as the author?
Inclusive language
Who wrote The Penelopiad, and in what year was it published?
Margaret Atwood, 2005
When was this campus built?
June 2009
Kim Kardashian's family show is called Keeping Up with the Kardashians. What device, repeating the same consonant sound across nearby words, is used in that title?
Alliteration
What does Reverend Hale do at the end of Act Three, in protest of the court's proceedings?
He denounces the court and quits
What's it called when a writer uses a real person's story to make an abstract issue feel personal and urgent?
Anecdote
What ancient epic does The Penelopiad retell from a different point of view?
Homer's The Odyssey
Who is on Miss Beaumont's mug?
Elvis
Britney Spears' song "Toxic" describes love by directly comparing it to a poison. What figure of speech is this?
Metaphor
What does John Proctor mean when he cries "I have given you my soul, leave me my name"?
He'll confess to save his life but won't let a false confession be signed and made public record
What technique uses statistics, expert quotes, or studies to make an argument seem more credible?
Appeal to authority (or evidence-based reasoning)
Who are the twelve maids, and what happens to them and by who?
Penelope's maids, hanged by Telemachus and Odysseus after his return
What teacher taught another teacher when they were in high school?
Madame Howlett taught Mr Batalha
AFL teams have nicknames like the Magpies, the Demons, and the Hawks. What device is at work when an animal or bird comes to represent an entire team's identity and values?
Symbolism
What year was The Crucible first performed, and what real-world political climate was Miller responding to?
1953; McCarthyism and the Red Scare
When a writer asks a question they don't expect an answer to, using it instead to steer the reader toward their own conclusion, what's this called?
Rhetorical question
What recurring device does Atwood use for the maids to interrupt and comment on Penelope's narrative?
A chorus, appearing in songs, chants, and other performance-style interludes between chapters
Which two teachers went to high school together?
Brat summer was defined by pairing a party girl aesthetic with vulnerable, confessional lyrics about anxiety and self-doubt. What device describes placing two contrasting ideas or tones side by side to highlight the tension between them?
Juxtaposition