Wicked Termanology
A woman thought to be possed by the devil or given unnatural evil magical powers.
What is a Witch?
The punishment that wasn't used during the Salem Witch trials even though it is heavily associated with witches.
What is being burned at the stake?
This was the number of women executed during the Salem witch trials.
What is 14?
In chronological order of which they happened in history.
What is the organization of the book?
The religious group of the Town of Salem, that was very strict.
What is a Puritan?
It is a puritan belief that witches can turn into these animals that are heavily associated with witchcraft.
What is a black cat?
This was the number of men executed during the Salem Witch Hunt.
What are 5 men?
Something this Jeopardy game has to support my claims.
What are evidence and reasoning?
What is the Devil?
This was a test for witches, you would bind a suspected witches hands and feet and if they floated they were a witch, if they sunk then they were not.
What is the swimming test?
This is the number of people hung during the Salem Witch Trials.
What is 19 people?
The people who might read this book are those who like to study early colonial history in America, especially when it comes to studying religion in early America.
What is the audience?
One of the reasons that most of the people hanged for witchcraft were women.
What is sexism?
This is the number of dogs executed during the Salem Witch Trials
What are 2 good boys ;(
To entertain and educate people about the Salem Witch trials. As well as give people a peek into the past that was early America.
What is Exigence?
The large appeals to emotion in the book using all the shocking imagery and events.
What is the appeals of the book
A pastry made of pee of the suspected witch, ashes, and rye-meal. This pastry is then fed to the dog, if the dog starts acting unnaturally then the woman is a witch.
What is a Witch Cake?
This is the witch-hunting manual that became essential to all witch hunters.
What is Malleus Malefucarum?
This is the number of people squished to death during the Salem Witch trials.
What is 1 Giles Corey?
This book was a very entertaining tale that almost seemed like fiction the way events were portrayed, but it was still very accurate and informative of early puritan American settlers.
What is the evaluation of the book.
I would recommend this book for those who like history especially early colonial history as well as just a good drama novel.
What is my recommendation