The Crucible Act I

drama

• words that paint a picture

• a story with a double meaning

• a piece of literature where the story is meant to be acted

• a conversation between 2 (or more) characters

soliloquy

• a character who is underdeveloped in the story

• a solitary speech in which the character is speaking uninterruptedly and the other characters may or may not be listening

• a character who is well-developed throughout the story

• a solitary speech in which the actor is speaking to himself or herself

protagonist

• a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an advesary

• words that paint a picture

• in parenthesis or italics to give extra information to the acotrs

• the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text

An ________ is a story that is used to represent specific ideas or principles, similar to an extended metaphor.

the term used to describe the approach that was taken in the 1950s to protect America from the threat of Communist infiltration

• allegory

• analogy

• allegorical

• McCarthyism

crucible

• humble submission and respect

• lawless or immoral

• an ordeal or severe trial~~testing circumstances that cause people to change

• unable to move or act

inert

• an ordeal or severe trial

• an occurrence in which the ghost or spirit of a dead person supposedly appears

• remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree

• unable to move or act/sluggish in action or motion

deference

• humble submission and respect

• a biased, even blind supporter of a person, group, or cause, often not willing to listen to the other person's opinions.

• a state of alarm, dread, or apprehension/involuntary trembling or quivering

• make something appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere as if by magic

conjure

• sexually unrestrained/

  lawless or immoral

• humble submission and respect

• remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree

• make something appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere as if by magic

dissemble

• to conceal one's true motives or thoughts by giving a false or misleading appearance

• testing circumstances that cause people to change/an ordeal or severe trial

• to conceal one's true motives or thoughts by giving a false or misleading appearance

• unable to move or act/sluggish in action or motion