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100

A reference to another piece of literature, historical event, art, or mythology.

What is an allusion?

100

The general term for the central argument of an essay.

What is a thesis statement?

100
Historical event that is the setting for The Crucible.
What are the Salem witch trials?
100

Goes beyond the literal meaning of the word to analyze the deeper meaning or emotional association that the word carries.

What is connotation?

100
What do the 13 stripes on the United States flag represent?
The 13 original colonies.
200
The use of descriptive details that pertain to any of the five senses.
What is imagery?
200

The most trustworthy type of source, often in the form of newspaper article, photograph, or other historical document.

What is a primary source?

200
The Greek word for logical appeal in an argument.
What is logos?
200

Derived from the word "expose," this form of writing serves to explain or make something known.

What is expository writing?

200
What is the object that painters use to mix and hold their paint called?
A pallet.
300
The irony that occurs when the audience knows something that a character does not know.
What is dramatic irony?
300

This is another word for thesis statement.

What is a claim?

300

The author of The Great Gatsby.

Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?

300

This type of question is asked for effect or to make a point, rather than to elicit a response.

What is a rhetorical question? 

300

What is the name for a charged atom?

Ion

400
The speech a character gives alone on stage.
What is a soliloquy?
400

Which is not considered reliable evidence: personal opinion, statistics, expert opinion, or examples?

What is personal opinion?

400

The credibility of the speaker in an argument.

What is ethos?

400

This figure of speech involves exaggeration.

What is hyperbole?

400

The number of degrees found inside a triangle.

What is 180?
500
When the action behind a character stops and the character speaks directly to the audience and tells them something that he/she is thinking.
What is an aside?
500

When a reader gives a general picture of an article or essay.

What is a summary?

500

A literary device that appears to contradict itself but actually holds a kind of truth.

What is a paradox?

500

This Shakespearean play is known as "the Scottish play" whose name is thought to be a curse for theater folk. 

What is "Macbeth?"

500

The storming of the Bastille was a major precursor to this major event.

What is the French Revolution?