Figurative Language
Compares two things without using the words "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
In "The Notorious Jumping Frog...," This is what the frog was weighed down with so that it couldn't jump
What is quailshot?
The author of The Crucible
Who is Arthur Miller?
The author who wrote "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
Who is Mark Twain?
The number of cards in a standard deck of cards
What is 52?
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
What is personification?
Paul Bunyan used this to chop down trees
What is an axe?
John Proctor's profession
What is a farmer?
The name given to the frog
What is Dan'l Webster?
The planet is known as the "Red Planet"
What is Mars?
Extreme Exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
This character had an ox companion named Babe
Who is Paul Bunyan?
The name of the person who lost 7 babies
Who is Ruth Putnam?
The name of the man addicted to gambling
Who is Jim Smiley?
Mr. Bentley's favorite color
What is green?
Words that sound like they're spelled
What is onomatopoeia?
This man supposedly wrestled a bear when he was only 3 and wore a coonskin hat
Who is Davy Crockett?
The servant of the Proctor household after Abigail Williams was fired
Who is Mary Warren?
The name of the bulldog
What is Andrew Jackson?
The phrase Johnny Cash began all his concerts with
What is "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash"?
To make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word
What is a pun?
The person who supposedly rode a massive tornado/cyclone like it was a wild bronco
Who is Pecos Bill?
The year The Crucible was set in
What is 1692?
The year the story was published
What is 1865?
The word that should never be spoken in a theater (also the name of a famous play)
What is Macbeth?