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English
11th Grade
12/06/2011

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adventitious
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accidental
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affable
Definition
pleasant
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amorphous
Definition
shapeless
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aplomb
Definition
assurance
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assuage
Definition
to make easier
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blazon
Definition
to publish
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cajole
Definition
to coax
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castigate
Definition
to punish
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caveat
Definition
a warning
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drivel
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nonsense
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elicit
Definition
to draw forth
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enjoin
Definition
to direct or order
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ennui
Definition
boredom
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erudite
Definition
scholarly, and smart
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ex officio
Definition
virtue of holding a certian office
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expedite
Definition
to make easy
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expiate
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to make up for
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ferment
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a state of great excitement
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fetter
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to chain something; a chain
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flout
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to mock
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fractious
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troublesome
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heinous
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offensive
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hiatus
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a break
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inveigh
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violent attacks with words
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irrevocable
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cannot be changed
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jaded
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worn-out
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lassitude
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lack of energy
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lurid
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horror
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megalomania
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a delusions marked by a feeling or power,wealth, talent, etc.
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meritorious
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has value, worthy
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nominal
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not real
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noncommittal
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not decisince or definite
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occult
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mysteriuos, magical
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permeate
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to spread through
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petulant
Definition
spoiled, whiney
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precept
Definition
a rule of conduct or action
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proclivity
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a natural inclination for something
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provincial
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local area
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resilient
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able to recover quickly
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stringent
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strict
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surmise
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guess
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surreptitious
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secret
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tenuous
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thin, slender
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transient
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cant see through
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umbrage
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offense
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unctuous
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smooth and slippery
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vapid
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dull and uninteresting
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vicarious
Definition
suffered from
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wheedle
Definition
to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end
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slogan technique
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a catchy phrase or statement often used to sell a service or a product
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repetition technique
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The name of a product is repeated many times.
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bandwagon technique
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A statement suggesting that everone is using a specific product, so you should too.
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testimonial technique
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A well known person supports a product or service.
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emotional appeal technique
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A person is made up to have strong feelings about a situation or product.
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expert opinion technique
Definition
Experts approve this product, so you should use it.
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EoPS Ethos:
Definition
ethics- you have credibility in the area.
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MMS Attention:
Definition
to get audience to listen
"I want to hear what you have to say
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MMS Need
Definition
to get audience to feel a need or want
"I agree. I have that need/want
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MMS Visualization
Definition
to get audience to see benefits of solution
This is a great idea"
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MMS Satisfication
Definition
to tell audience how to fill need or want
"I agree. I have that need/want
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MMS Action
Definition
to get audience to take action
"I want it"
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EoPS Logos:
Definition
logic-information, facts, knowledge
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EoPS Pathos:
Definition
feeling,( passion) tv commercials
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Abigial Williams
Definition
cunning and manipulative
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Sarah Good
Definition
one of the first to be accused, homeless
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Rebecca Nurse
Definition
highly respected in village, has way with children
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Reverend Hale
Definition
noted authority on witchcraft
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Mary Warren
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starts out subservient but grows in confidence
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John Proctor
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well-respected, but considers himself a fraud
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Elizabeth Proctor
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said to be incapable of telling a lie
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Giles Corey
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mistrustful of reading, other than the bible
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Reverend Parris
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paranoid, arrogrant and selfish
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Thomas Putnam
Definition
bitter and resentful of neighbors, hard-handed
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How does Mrs. Putnam know what Rush was doing in the woods?
Definition
She sent Ruth to Tituba to find out who killed her children
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What evidence is used to prove elizabeth proctor was practicing withcraft?
Definition
She has a doll with a needle stuck in the belly
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why doesnt mary warren want to testify as a witness for elizabeth?
Definition
she is afraid of abigail
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why was giles cory held in contempt of court?
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for refusing to give the name of the man who provided evidence
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why does proctor confess lechery
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to prove abigails accusation is motivated by vengeance
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what drives reverend hale to denounce the court procedings
Definition
rebecca nurse is found guily and sentenced to hang, john proctor is accused of witchcraft, he realizes that accusationa are being made by seeking those revenge
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why does hale begin visiting the jail
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to try to convince the accused to confess
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why does danforth refuse to postpone the hangings?
Definition
it would cast a doubt on thos already hanged
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who was killed by pressing rather thatn hanging
Definition
giles corey
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why does proctor choose to hang rather than give a written confession
Definition
he could not bring himself to write a lie
Term
1. What kind of government does Salem have in The Crucible?
Definition
theocracy
Term
What is Parris’ position in Salem?
Definition
reverend, minister
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3. Before the play begins, what did Parris catch his daughter and other girls doing
Definition
? dancing in the woods/forest.
Term
4. Why did Elizabeth Proctor fire Abigail?
Definition
Because Abigail had an affair with her husband
(john)
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5. As the play opens, whom has Parris asked to come to Salem?
Definition
? Reverend Hale because of his experience with witchcraft.
Term
6. What is John Proctor’s chief complaint against Parris’s sermons?
Definition
? talk about devil. focused on materials.
Term
7. What does Mrs. Putnam blame on witchcraft?
Definition
her babys death (seven)
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8. Who is the first person that Abigail claims practiced witchcraft?
Definition
tituba
Term
9. In Act II, what does Mary Warren give to Elizabeth Proctor when she returns from the trials?
Definition
a poppet (doll)
Term
10. What news does Mary Warren bring from Salem?
Definition
Elizabeth has been accused
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11. Which commandment does John Proctor forget when Reverend Hale quizzes him?
Definition
adultery. that's the one thing that he broke.
Term
12. Whom do Ezekiel Cheever and Herrick, the marshal, come to the Proctor house to arrest?
Definition
elizabeth
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does John Proctor convince Mary Warren to testify?
Definition
? the whole thing is not true. they are all pretending to be possessed.
Term
14. Who is in charge of the court?
Definition
damforth
Term
15. Why will Elizabeth not be hanged if she is found guilty?
Definition
she is pregnant
Term
16. On what charge is Giles Corey arrested?
Definition
tentative court
Term
17. When Mary Warren testifies against them, what do Abigail and her troop of girls do?
Definition
her spirit is attacking the girls.
Term
18. What does John Proctor do, in a desperate attempt to foil Abigail
Definition
admits to adultery
Term
19. Who is brought in to corroborate John Proctor’s claims about Abigail?
Definition
elizabeth
Term
20. What does Elizabeth do when called upon to testify?
Definition
she lied to protect him, but really hurt him more
Term
21. What does the court do with John Proctor
Definition
arrest him
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22. What is Giles’ fate?
Definition
pressed to death
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23. When John Proctor is facing death, what does Hale urge him to do?
Definition
to confess
Term
24. Why does Proctor retract his confession?
Definition
he does not want to have a bad reputation. he does not want to do that.
Term
25. What does Abigail do at the end of the play?
Definition
stole her uncles' money, and ran away.
Term
26. What ultimately happens to John Proctor
Definition
he got hang
Term
27. Who is one of the judges
Definition
hawthorn
Term
28. Who lead the girls in the forest with their dancing
Definition
tituba
Term
29. Who did Abigail drink a blood charm for?
Definition
john proctor
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30. What is the significance of the golden candlesticks?
Definition
how fake Paris was. how corrupt the church was. materialistic.
Term
31. Why did Giles Corey neither admit or deny being a witch?
Definition
allows his sons to inherit the land.
Term
32. What were Giles Corey’s last words
Definition
more weight
Term
33. What did John Proctor tear up
Definition
the confession letter
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34. Why does Abigail Williams live with Reverend Parris
Definition
she is his niece
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35. In the end, why does Reverend Parris wish to spare Proctor?
Definition
is someone who is well respected, then he will get hang.
Term
36. Why do many of the accused admit to witchcraft?
Definition
so they dont have to die/to save there life
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37. Which character in the play is compared to Pontius Pilate
Definition
hale
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38. What is the significance about Dan forth's support for Proctor’s confession?
Definition
concerned about the courts reputation.
Term
39. Why is Mrs. Putnam jealous of Rebecca Nurse
Definition
because she has children and grandchildren
Term
40. What does Elizabeth lie about to the court
Definition
johns affair
Term
41. In Act I, Tituba most likely confessed to meeting with the devil?
Definition
to keep himself alive
Term
42. In Act III, Giles Corey is arrested because he refuses to say a name.
Definition
Putnam who accused Putnam for land.
Term
43. In Act IV, one can infer that Abigail and Mercy have left Salem because
Definition
they were thinking that the town would turn against them.
Term
44. In Act IV, what can be concluded from the references made about Andover?
Definition
people have rebelled and overthrown the court.
Term
45. By the end of Act II, Reverend Hale has begun to worry that
Definition
that innocent people are being accused.
Term
46. In Act IV, why does Damforth refuse to postpone the hangings
Definition
? it would look like they have hung innocent people.
Term
47. Reverend Parris is most concerned
Definition
money, wealth, name, reputation, how others look at them, power, status.
Term
48. At first, in Act II, Mary Warren enjoys her role in court because
Definition
she has power
Term
49. In Act I, one can infer that the citizens of Salem thought
Definition
dancing was devil worshipping. shows supporting with the devil.
Term
50. Parris fears the villagers will be against the court as he tells Damforth and Hawthorne about:
Definition
the news from the Andover-court. Abigail taking the money. a knife with a threat. only about 30 people showed up for proctors hanging.
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