Defining Moments
Literally Speaking
Who's That Guy?
Heating Up
Huckleberrying
100
1000 years
What is millenium?
100
This is concerned with the type of words an author uses and can be happy, sad, inspirational, or even enraged.
What is tone?
100
He was worried about getting questioned about unpatriotic feelings.
Who is Arthur Miller?
100
A item that causes contents to heat up to an extremely high temperature.
What is a crucible?
100
She wishes Henry would just be "normal."
Who is his mother?
200
To steal. Hint: Generally this means to steal in a "filthy" way.
What is filch?
200
The green light, when discussed by Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby, is an example of this. The river is Huckleberry Finn is also an example of this.
What is an extended metaphor? A reoccuring symbol or comparison that occurs repeatedly throughout a work of literature.
200
He preached about fire and brimstone and used plenty of imagery in his sermons.
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
200
Ann Putnam is very upset about this.
What is the death of her children?
200
This means to go off on tangents and discuss whatever suits your fancy.
What is huckleberrying?
300
to cut back, as in costs
What is retrench?
300
"The wind howled" and "the fire ate the trees" are examples of this.
What is personification?
300
He modeled his novels after the peoples and places he experienced once he began to get famous.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
300
She is described as being a "fat, sly girl of 17."
Who is Mercy Lewis?
300
This man greatly disappoints Henry.
Who is Emerson?
400
Happening by a lucky chance. Sometimes referred to when a "lucky break" gives you an advantage.
What is adventitious?
400
The phrase "men sell the wedding bells" is an example of this.
What is assonance?
400
He got his start at a newspaper and progressed into writing comedy before he went back to his roots and wrote about the area he grew up in.
Who is Mark Twain?
400
This person inspired the character of Abigail Williams.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
400
Henry is in love with this woman, but he doesn't act on it out of respect for Emerson and his teachings.
Who is Lydia?
500
A person that is excessively flattering, usually in a slimy or creepy way.
What is unctuous?
500
The phrase "I can resist anything but temptation" is an example of this.
What is a paradox? A phrase that seems to contradict itself but is true.
500
He was a supporter of extensive individual freedom and taught in the biggest classroom in the world.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
500
This character is instrumental in getting Elizabeth Proctor thrown in jail.
Who is Mary Warren (for the pin in the poppet) Will also except John Proctor (has an affair with a crazy girl)
500
Why was Henry thrown in jail?
What is he refused to pay the poll tax because it would support the government in the Mexican-American War, which he opposed?