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Rhetorical Devices
Appeals/Fallacies
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Why does Mrs. Putnam believe there are witches in Salem?
What is many of her children had died and her only daughter was acting bewitched.
100
Where does Elizabeth want John to go, and what does she want him to do there?
What is Elizabeth wants John to go into Salem to tell the authorities that the girls are not telling the truth about the bewitchment.
100
Why is Giles Cory expelled from court?
What is Giles is arrested after being held in contempt of court for refusing to reveal the name of his informant to the court.
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“You are God’s instrument put in our hands to discover the Devil’s agents among us” Which rhetorical device best describes the quote? a) Personification b) Understatement c) Irony
What is a) Personification
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“…I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men! And now you bid me tear the light out of my eyes?...” What appeal best describes this quote?
What is Appeal to emotion
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Describe Proctor
What is he is a strong male character who is very assertive but is a cheater.
200
What gift did Mary give Elizabeth?
What is she gave her a doll while sitting in court.
200
Why is Mary Warren in court?
What is Mary Warren is in court because Proctor needs her to tell the court the truth and free his wife.
200
“She were swaying like a dumb beast over that fire” What rhetorical device best describes the quote? A) Hyperbole B) Simile C) Metaphor
What is C) Metaphor
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“I am not surprised at this, for at my own university a professor of history---a Lutheran , by the way---used to assemble his graduate students, draw the shades, and commune in the classroom with Erasmus. “ What appeal is this?
What is Appeal to authority
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To what did Tituba confess?
What is she confessed in signing the Devil’s book and to bewitching people.
300
Why does Elizabeth think Abigail wants to kill her?
What is Elizabeth knew about John’s affair with Abigail.
300
Why is Danforth suspicious of Mary and of Proctor?
What is Danforth is suspicious because this is the first he's heard of this and he doesn't believe everyone could have lied and because he thinks Proctor is threatening Mary into this confession. He tells her that they are all liars.
300
“I cannot sleep for dreamin; I can not dream but I wake and walk” Which rhetorical device best describes the quote? A) Simile B) Invective C) Anadiplosis
What is C) Anadiplosis
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Why are you concealing? Have you sold yourself to Lucifer?..What fallacy is used here?
What is Ad Hominem
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Giles says, "Think on it now, it's a deep thing, and dark as a pit." To what is he referring literally and symbolically?
What is he was talking about the hate among the people of Salem.
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What was the "evidence" against Sarah Good?
What is she confessed to witchcraft; the girls said she nearly choked them to death in court and she could not recite the commandments in court.
400
Why does Proctor remind her of the angel Raphael?
What is Proctor reminds Mary of the angel Raphael that says "Do that which is good, and not harm will come to thee." Proctor wants her to believe that she is doing the right thing by telling the truth.
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"Oh, Mary, this is a black art to change your shape. No, I cannot, I cannot stop my mouth; It's God's work I do." about witchcraft" Which rhetorical device best describes the quote? A) Hyperbole B) Verbal Irony C) Metaphor
What is B) Verbal irony
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“I never sold myself! I’m a good girl! I’m a proper girl!” What fallacy is being used?
What is Circular Reasoning
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Hale says, "They [the books] must be [heavy]; they are weighted with authority." What is the significance of this remark?
What is the people find their faith filled in a book telling them right and wrong. It is an analogy that exists between the girls and their faith.
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Why did Hale come to Proctor's house?
What is Hale went to Proctor’s house to question all accused people, so that he would have some knowledge of the people before they appeared in court or jail. He came to Proctor's house to see if they were acting anything but normal.
500
Why does Hale denounce the proceedings?
What is Hale denounced the proceedings because of the testimony and evidence against the girls, specifically against Abigail by Proctor, showing that the girls are faking and that witchcraft has nothing to do with anything
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"I have seen marvels in this court. I have seen people choked before my eyes by spirits; I have seen them stuck by pins and slashed by daggers" Which rhetorical device best describes the quote? A) Dramatic Irony B) Invective C) Repetition
What is A) Dramatic Irony
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Tituba, you must have no fear to tell us who they are, do you understand? We will protect you. The Devil can never overcome a minister. You know that, do you not?..What fallacy is this?
What is False Dilemma