Persepolis
The main character’s name.
What is Marji?
The author of the Crucible.
Who is Arthur Miller?
Comparing using like or as.
What is Simile?
This text type appears "opposite" an editorial in a newspaper, magazine, blog, etc.
What is an op-ed?
Harry Potter’s best female friend.
Who is Hermione?
A book about the author’s own life is called this.
What is autobiography?
The names of two characters from the play.
(many possible questions/answers)
Abigail Williams
Elizabeth Proctor
John Proctor
Reverend Samuel Parris
Mary Warren
Judge George Danforth
Judge Hathorne
Reverend John Hale
Rebecca Nurse
Giles Corey
Francis Nurse
Thomas Putnam
Ann Putnam
Tituba
Betty Parris
Ezekiel Cheever
Marshal George Herrick
Mercy Lewis
Susanna Walcott
Sarah Good
Hopkins
Puritan Girls
Words that sound like what they describe (and its correct spelling!).
What is onomatopoeia?
DP Paper 1 is marked on this many criteria.
What is 4?
The language Don Quixote was written in.
What is Spanish?
When the protagonist leaves Iran, she goes to this country.
What is Vienna?
The town and state the play takes place in.
What is Salem, Massachusetts.
The repetition of the ‘s’ sound.
What is Sibilance?
Name one of the criteria for paper 1.
A.Understanding/Interpretation
B. Analysis
C. Organization
D. Language
This classic book by J. M. Barrie opens with the line “All children, except one grew up.”
What is Peter Pan?
The kind of car the protagonist’s father drives.
What is a Cadillac?
The historical event (current to Miller's own time) that play is commenting on.
What is The Red Scare/Mccarthyism?
The repetition of vowel sounds. Please give an example.
What is Assonance? (many possible examples)
Writers/artists often use one context/setting in a story, poem, or picture to reveal a hidden meaning, typically social commentary.
(ex. The Crucible, Political Cartoons, Plato's The Cave
What is Allegory?
Which of Tolkien’s fantasy characters inhabit the world of Middle Earth (specifically the Shire)
Who are The Hobbits?
The reason the protagonist’s uncle is executed.
What is being a political dissident?
The commandment that John Proctor forgot about when recounting them to Rev. Hale.
What is "Thou shalt not commit adultery?"
She wrote the poem "At the Border."
Who is Choman Hardi?
Sometimes social commentary is buried in "genre" fiction such as this 2017 horror film directed by Jordan Peele that is actually a critique of covert racism.
What is "Get Out?"
In Dune by author Frank Herbert, the desert planet Arrakis is rich in this valuable resource.
What is The Spice?
"The spice must flow!"