The Crucible
What type of text is The Crucible?
A play
The type of society in which the story is based (must be correct part of speech)
Dystopia
Allegory
story, poem or picture that can reveal a hidden meaning, often moral or political
Punctuation marks that we use to show we pull words directly from a text
Quotations
What is a marsupial?
An animal that carries its offspring in a pouch
Who is the author of The Crucible?
Arthur Miller
The antagonist of the novel
Beatty
Alleged (adj) or allege (v)
To be said/to say without proof - some undesirable quality
Part of sentence that relies on something else
This novel by George Orwell features a dystopian society controlled by "Big Brother." Similar themes to F451 and The Crucible.
1984
The name of the political movement that has strong parallels to the Salem Witch Trials
McCarthyism
Identify two major themes of the novel
Varies; e.g, censorship and power
Subversive (adj.) or subversion (n).
The two necessary parts of a sentence, structurally (not punctuation/caps)
a subject and a verb/predicate/action
This planet is known as the "Red Planet" and is the fourth from the Sun.
Mars
Century in which the Salem Witch Trials took place
17th
Identify one symbol from the novel and explain what it represents
varies; e.g., birds, fire, books
inhumanity (n) or inhumane (adj)
extremely cruel and brutal behavior / to be extremely cruel and brutal
What is an independent clause?
Part of sentence that does not rely on anything else
This scientist developed the theory of evolution by natural selection in his book On the Origin of Species.
Charles Darwin
Name 2 characters from The Crucible.
varies
Year in which Fahrenheit 451 was written
1953 - the same year as The Crucible (I misspoke yesterday, sorry!)
precipitated (adj) or precipitate (v)
to bring about or having been brought about
think about rain. rain is also precipitation - it brings about water
The difference between a restated question and an introductory sentence
Short/direct/answers vs. context/broad/background
The figure of speech that involves exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Bonus points: how does the prefix relate?
hyperbole