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Writer's Workshop/Vocabulary
The Crucible
Poetry
Terms to Know
Terms to Know
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What elements does the standard MLA parenthetical citation contain?
author's last name and page number
100
Cast is ordered by...
appearance
100
What is the setting of The Raven?
cold winter night - midnight
100
What is a hyperbole?
exaggeration
100
If something parallels with another, they...
correspond with each other
200
What type of argumentative technique is refutation?
finds flaws in the opposing side's arguments
200
"More weight" refers to when Giles was...
pressed
200
What is a sonnet?
14 line poem with a specific rhyme scheme
200
Antithesis
person/thing that is the direct opposite of someone/something else
200
What is an allusion?
indirect reference
300
Which other vocabulary word is a synonym with MITIGATE?
Abate - to make less severe
300
Hale urges Proctor to confess to witchcraft because...
he is trying to prevent public disorder
300
What is a heroic couplet?
rhyming couplet that uses iambic pentameter (two lines of 5 meters that rhyme)
300
Allegory
story/poem/picture that has a hidden meaning (typically of moral or political value)
300
What is an inference?
a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning
400
Exorbitant means...
unreasonably high
400
Parris wishes to spare Proctor because...
he is looking out for himself
400
What is the difference between Blank Verse and Free Verse?
Blank verse doesn't have rhyming but does have meter Free verse doesn't have rhyming or metrical patterns
400
What is the difference between consonance and assonance?
consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds
400
What is a paradox?
self-contradictory statement
500
cacophony means...
harsh, disagreeing sounds
500
What contemporary event does The Crucible relate to?
McCarthy Hearings
500
As referred to in Poe's The Raven, what/who is Pallas?
Greek Goddess Athena
500
What is a euphemism?
a more pleasant version of a harsh/blunt word
500
What is an anecdote?
a short, amusing story