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Gatsby
Crucible
Early American Writers
Poe
SAT Vocabulary
100
What Tom bought for Myrtle on their way to the apartment in New York....
What is a dog?
100
Abigail's means of manipulating other people....
What is blaming others, pretending to see a bird, and planting evidence (poppet) to incriminate the innocent?
100
The first published American writer who wrote about the burning of her house....
Who is Anne Bradstreet?
100
The best description of our speaker in "The Raven"
What is a melancholy person trying to forget a great tragedy?
100
To see things clearly, to discriminate revere, discern, scrutinize, condescend, or repudiate
What is discern?
200
Nick's job in the book....
What is a bondsman?
200
Character who tried to tell the truth but was easily swayed by others...
Who is Mary Warren?
200
The main purpose of Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Virginia Convention"...
What is persuade his fellow delegates to fight against the British?
200
What the Poe's raven actually represents---
What is sorrow over the death of Lenore that the narrator will never be able to overcome?
200
to reject or disown- revere, discern, scrutinize, condescend, or repudiate
What is repudiate?
300
Gatsby's means of getting money...
What is bootlegging?
300
The three characters who were hanged at the end of the movie version of "The Crucible"...
Who are Rebecca Nurse, Martha Corey, and John Proctor?
300
An emotional appeal is...
What is an appeal which uses words and images to stir up an audience's feelings?
300
One way that Poe explores "that species of despair which delights in self-torture"...
What is "The narrator asks the Raven questions, knowing that the answer will always be 'nevermore.'"?
300
to lower oneself to another's level- revere, discern, scrutinize, condescend or repudiate
What is condescend?
400
The murderer of Gatsby
Who is George Wilson?
400
The character who encouraged others to lie in order to save themselves...
Who is Reverend Hale?
400
A logical appeal is....
What is an appeal which provides reasons to support a particular opinion or course of action?
400
The description of internal rhyme in Poe's poetry---
What is having a line of poetry where a word in the middle of the line rhymes with the word at the end of the line?
400
To hold in high esteem- revere, discern, scrutinize, condescend or repudiate
What is revere?
500
The character portrayed as abusive to women...
Who is Tom Buchanan?
500
Arthur Miller's famous wife
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
500
In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Edwards mainly taps into his his audience's fear of ....
What is burning forever in a fiery pit?
500
The definition of onomatopoeia....
What is a word that is also a sound like boom or rustle or bang or tap?
500
To look at something closely, examine it carefully- revere, discern, scrutinize, condescend, or repudiate
What is scrutinize?