Grammar Basics
Definition: A noun or pronoun performing the action in a sentence.
What is a subject?
A religious group that settled in New England in the 1600s.
Who are the Puritans?
The tragic hero who represents integrity and struggles with guilt.
Who is John Proctor?
The initial conflict that starts the witch trials.
What is the girls being caught dancing in the woods?
A flawed character whose integrity leads to their downfall.
What is a tragic hero?
Two or more independent clauses joined without proper punctuation or conjunctions.
What is a run-on sentence?
The reason the Puritans settled in New England.
What is religious freedom?
The manipulative niece of Reverend Parris.
Who is Abigail Williams?
The setting of The Crucible.
What is Salem, Massachusetts, 1692?
The central idea or message of a story.
What is theme?
A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
The historical event the Salem witch trials allegorize.
What is McCarthyism (or the Red Scare)?
The self-serving minister focused on his reputation.
Who is Reverend Parris?
The moment Proctor refuses to falsely confess.
What is the climax?
When the audience knows something the characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
A group of words with a subject and verb that cannot stand alone as a sentence.
What is a dependent clause?
The type of society the Puritans hoped to create.
What is a theocratic society?
This character opposes the trials after initially supporting them.
Who is Reverend Hale?
The resolution of the play, where Proctor redeems himself.
What is Proctor’s execution and redemption?
An indirect reference to another work or event.
What is allusion?
A group of words working together but missing either a subject or a verb.
What is a phrase?
The Puritans’ strict beliefs were rooted in this religious movement.
What is Calvinism?
The brave farmer who dies by pressing.
The rising action event where Proctor confesses his affair.
What is the courtroom scene where Proctor confronts Abigail?
The type of irony where the opposite of what is expected occurs.
What is situational irony?