Poetic Devices
Describes things, events, or ideas using words related to our five senses
Imagery
An appeal based on character or authority. In other words, it makes the argument one you can trust
Ethos
The historical event that this book is centered around
Salem Witch Trials
The time and place of a story
Setting
The moment of greatest tension in the conflict, and the turning point of the story
Climax
Something, usually a physical object, that represents something else, such as an idea or quality
Symbol
An appeal to one's sense of logic or common sense. It uses information to make an argument
Logos
The author of the book
Arthur Miller
The main character in a story
Protagonist
The consequences of the protagonist's decision or action play out
Falling action
When the beginning sounds of words are repeated in a line of poetry or a sentence
Alliteration
An appeal to emotion. In other words, it is when the author makes you feel something in order to persuade you
Pathos
Spectral evidence
Evidence based on dreams and visions
The character who causes conflict for the protagonist in a story
Antagonist
Provides readers with background information they need to understand the story (introduces characters and the setting of the story)
Exposition
Comparing two unlike things, without using connecting words
Metaphor
The act of making people do or believe something
Persuasion
When a group of people all feel similar fear over an event without much knowledge of what is occuring
Mass hysteria
Any person appearing in a work of fiction
Character
Things begin to happen; the characters begin taking action. Conflict is introduced
Rising action
The perspective from which a story is told
Point of View
The three persuasive appeals
Ethos, pathos, logos
Communist Red Scare
The event that occured when Arthur Miller wrote the story in the 1950s
The series of events and actions that take place in a story
Plot
The unfinished parts of the plot are resolved and all loose ends are tied up
Resolution