Plot Review 1
On the way back from Saybrook Harbor, Prudence throws her doll into the water, and Kit jumps in after it to save the doll.
What is inciting incident?
Aboard the Dolphin Kit meets Nat Eaton, John Holbrook, Goodwife Cruff, and Prudence Cruff.
What is Exposition?
A young girl who looks up to the protagonist as a mentor and a friend.
Who is Prudence Cruff?
The main character's Puritan uncle whom she grows to admire and love despite their differences.
Who is Matthew Wood?
The setting of the story. (place and year)
Wethersfield, Connecticut Colony, 1687
Kit befriends a Quaker widow and teaches Prudence to read.
What is Rising Action?
Prudence Cruff leaves flowers outside the school to gain Kit's attention leading to their secret meetings in the meadow and at Hannah's house.
What is Rising Action?
A Quaker widow from Massachusetts who is often misunderstood and called a witch.
Who is Hannah Tupper?
A wealthy man who plans to build a house for the main character so they can get married, but he ends up marrying her cousin.
Who is William Ashby
The genre of The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
What is historical fiction?
Nat names his new ketch "The Witch" as a way to prove his love to Kit.
What is RESOLUTION?
After John Holbrook returns home from his captivity, he shows his love to Mercy and resumes his studies with Dr. Bulkeley.
What is Falling Action?
The husband of the antagonist that doesn't stand up for his own beliefs or wants for his family.
Who is Goodman Cruff?
A doctor of theology and medicine with unwavering ideas about politics and the king.
Who is Gershom Bulkeley?
The irony of the main religious group in the novel. (Quakers)
Kit Tyler is on her way to Wethersfield, Connecticut Colony aboard "The Dolphin" to live with her Aunt Rachel and Uncle Matthew after the death of her grandfather in Barbados.
What is the EXPOSITON?
Kit and Nat decide they will live both on the boat as well as in New England during the year.
What is Resolution?
A divinity student who is accidentally engaged to one sister while in love with the other.
Who is John Holbrook?
A cousin of the protagonist; Beautiful and brazen; engaged to John Holbrook before returning to her true love.
Who is Judith Wood?
Answers may vary:
What is:
Stay true to yourself.
Respect people and their differences.
etc.
Even though he is banished from the town, Nat brings Prudence to the trial proving Kit's innocence.
What is CLIMAX?
After Kit is proven innocent, Mercy and John Holbrook as well as Judith and William Ashby are engaged to be married.
What is Falling Action?
The cousin of the protagonist with a kind heart that is secretly in love to the man her sister is engaged to.
Who is Mercy Wood?
The antagonist in the novel who is malicious to the main character as well as her own daughter.
Who is Goodwife Cruff?
The war the events of this novel lead up to.
What is the American Revolution?