A Native American tale in which animals play tricks on one another
What is a trickster tale
100
They were pretending to be sick to avoid their punishment for being caught dancing in the woods.
What is explain the "illnesses" of Betty and Ruth.
100
the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech; the art of making persuasive speeches; the ability to use language effectively.
What is rhetoric?
100
Rhetorical device that uses repetition of phrases.
What is parallel structure
100
Emerson used nature, intuition and countryside to write these texts.
What is the elements of SINIC in "Nature" and "Self-Reliance".
200
A Native American tale used to explain how something came to be, or why something exists.
What is a creation tale
200
She is the ring-leader and mean to the other girls. She is in love with this man and would like to continue her relationship with him even though he doesn't feel the same way.
What is how would you interpret Abigail's relationship with the other girls and John Proctor.
200
the moral element in dramatic literature that determines a character's action rather than his or her thought or emotion. Speaker’s appeal to ethics.
this type of person is defined by a desire to return to simpler forms of worship, to purify the church.
What is a Puritan.
300
To tell the judges about the girls just pretending their illnesses.
What is the reason Elizabeth wants John to go to Salem?
300
the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music,speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity, or of sympathetic and kindly sorrow or compassion. Speaker’s appeal to emotions
What is pathos?
300
this literary movement help American writers express their rational thinking abilities. It also moved American writers beyond Puritan thinking.
What is how the Age of Reason was important to the literary development of the U.S.
400
Puritans were being persecuted in England.
What is the reason Puritans came to the New World.
400
These people are all arrested for questioning during the third act after they signed a paper that John Proctor gave to Judge Danforth.
What is what does Danforth do with the list of people supporting Martha and Rebecca?
400
the rational principle that governs and develops the universe. Speaker’s appeal to logical thinking, uses statistics and facts.
What is logos?
400
The narrator and Roderick Usher both displayed fear throughout the story. Both characters were paranoid and acted strangely once the narrator arrived at Roderick's home.
What is a theme in Fall of the House of Usher and how it developed over the course of the story.
500
Informs the reader about the journey of the pilgrims and the experiences upon reaching the New World.
What is the reason why William Bradford wrote Plymouth Plantation.
500
This is all the John Proctor has left at the end of the play.
What is the reason John Proctor chooses his "goodness"/name?
500
A question asked for the effect of asking a question, question that doesn't require or expect the listener to answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
500
The story's mood is very dark and scary. The author developed it by using words the created a depressing, somber and decaying setting.
What is the mood of Fall of the House of Usher and how Poe developed the mood.