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What is A Metaphor
"All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players." Shakespeare, "As You Like It."
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What are good intentions
The banning of DDT, rent controls, and helping someone too much are all examples of...
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What is tone
The author's attitude toward the subject is...
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What is The Red Scare
The Crucible is an allegory for what?
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What is a man defending his property
With what does Paine compare America's war against the British?
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What is Rhetorical Question
"Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation?" P. Henry, Speech in the Virginia Convention
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What is look at the evidence and not some else's conclusions.
When researching complex problems, we should be certain that we
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What is hyperbole
Using exaggeration to make a point is called
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Who is Arthur Miller
Who was the author of The Crucible?
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What is He exclaims that the war has already begun.
In his Speech in the Virginia Convention, what argument does Henry use to gain support from a friendly as well as a hostile audience?
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What is Parallelism
“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.” —Dale Carnegie
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What are the beginning assumptions or premises
Logical thinking may or may not lead to correct conclusions depending on
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What is Motif
“Fear of the unknown,” is an example of what in The Crucible?
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What is The Great Depression
What influential historical event did Arthur Miller live through as a child?
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What is Revolution is a method of last resort
From the Declaration of Independence, what can be inferred about Jefferson's general attitude toward revolution?
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What is Antithesis
“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
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What is the weaker their evidence most likely is
Whatever the problem under discussion, the more hysterical, loud, and angry one side becomes...
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What is simile
“I looked like a frozen statue” is an example of...
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What is Irony
In The Crucible, Danforth’s constant uttering of “the good have nothing to fear” is an example of
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What is The Constitutional Convention should support the Constitution because it is as good as it is likely to be.
What is the main point of Benjamin Franklin's Speech in the Convention?
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What is Allusion
"We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts." P. Henry, Speech in the Virginia Convention
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What is freedom and slavery
A great paradox of early America was...
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What is protagonist
The main character who is in conflict with an external or internal force is
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Who is John Proctor
Who said the following in The Crucible?
“Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!” |
What is If you gain something too easily, it will not seem that important to you.
What general observation does Paine express in the statement, "What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly"?
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