The Crucible

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• Questions were asked in the reading guides about these terms; see worksheet on Evaluating Arguments and Themes in Adobe Reader or BB

1. characterization, allusion, conflict, climax, setting, tone, theme, inference, point-of-view, exposition, rising action, falling action resolution, protagonist, antagonist, dramatic irony, logical fallacy, tone, author's purpose

1. Who, What, Where, When, Why
   1. Resources: reading guides for Acts I, II, III, IV; Pearson e-text on pages 1127-1233

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      • See reading guides in Adobe Reader or BB

1. The Salem Witch Trials of 1692
   1. Resources: notes on the witch trials, History Channel video on the trials

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      • See notes in Adobe Reader or BB; watch video in BB

1. The Red Scare/McCarthyism
   1. Resources: McCarthyism and The Crucible worksheet; see also Pearson e-text pgs. 1119-1120

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      • See worksheet in Adobe Reader or BB