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Words that Make You Sound Smart.
Wait, How Was the World Made...?
It's Witchcraft, Mr Lewis!
The Life of Freddy D.
The First American Tree-Huggers
100
An object which represents an idea.
What is a symbol?
100
This is a story which was told to explain a mystery or idea; usually, these kinds of stories used to be a part of an old religion or culture.
What is a myth?
100
In which town does the drama take place?
What is Salem, Massachusetts?
100
In Frederick Douglass' younger years, being selected by his master to serve another family member in the city of Baltimore serves as this part of Douglass' narrative arc.
When is the Inciting Incident?
100
Previously a Unitarian minister, this fellow liked Nature so much that he started a philosophical & literary movement around it. (Need full name)
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
200
This term refers to the indirect comparison of two unlike things. It's like a smile!
What is a simile?
200
Also known to the Cheyenne Native Americans as 'The Maker,' this character used His Power to create the first four aspects of the world.
Who is Maheo?
200
Illegal in Puritan society, this term describes the crime of sustaining a romantic relationship outside the realm of wedlock. It is also one of the Ten Commandments.
What is lechery? OR What is adultery?
200
Although he omits the details of the endeavor, Douglass' escape from Baltimore serves as which aspect of his narrative arc?
What is the climax/crisis?
200
The literary & philosophical movement begun in Concord, MA, spelled.
What is T R A N S C E D E N T A L I S M.
300
A moment in which the reader can identify certain traits of a character, by the things that the character says, or the way that the character acts.
What is Indirect Characterization?
300
This creation myth, though having no proven historical connection to the Cheyenne peoples, contains several similarities to the Cheyenne creation myth.
What is the (creation myth in the) Book of Genesis?
300
When John Proctor tears apart his written confession of practicing witchcraft, claiming he does so "because it is my name!"
What is the climax/crisis of "The Crucible"?
300
According to the general mentality of antebellum Southern culture, doing this for a slave was extremely dangerous for the entire community.
What is teaching a slave to read?
300
The incorporeal & sentient spirit which is a conglomeration of all life in the Universe.
What is the Over-Soul?
400
A fictional tale created to represent a greater, abstract idea; like a 'myth,' yet this kind of story was never meant to be believed.
What is an allegory?
400
The second-to-last aspect of the world which was created in the Cheyenne creation myth.
What are human( being)s?
400
Published by Arthur Miller in the 1950s, "The Crucible" can serve as an allegory for this fear-mongering political movement.
What is McCarthyism?
400
This object, given to Douglass, acts as a counter-symbol to the symbol of slavery & oppression: the whip.
What is the root?
400
This young gentleman abandoned society almost entirely for two years while he wrote & meditated in a self-made cabin on the banks of Walden Pond.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
500
A two-parter: The author's attitude toward the reader; & The author's attitude toward the subject.
What is Tone? & What is Mood?
500
The very last aspect of creation, according to the Cheyenne, which provides food, cloth, & tools for the tribe.
What is the buffalo?
500
These are all examples of this: "Hysteria," "Intolerance & the fear of the unknown," or "The power of personal morality against society," among many others.
What is the theme of "The Crucible"?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!! WOOO! In brief, explain the reason for the Appendix in Douglass' memoir.
[Discussion of the difference between real Christianity & false, Southern Christianity.]
500
Besides the spiritual overtones of the quality of Nature, these are two of the remaining four themes or "tenets" of Transcendentalism.
What is What is any two of the following: - The Individual; - Self-Reliance; - Emphasis on Emotion, Intuition, Desire, & Beauty.