The Crucible: Literary Terms

Dialogue

• the time and place

• main character

• conversation between characters

• foreshadow

setting

• reason for writing

• literal meaning of the word

• the tone

• time and place of the story

irony

• feeling of the word

• tone

• having the opposite meaning of what is said or thought (sarcasm)

• educated guess

drawing conclusion

• traits of a character

• making observations or inferences

• finding differences

• finding similarities

inferring

• making an educated guess

• tone

• instructions in the script of a play

• flawed concept

summarize

• reason for writing

• make a close observations/ evaluation

• foreshadow

• brief statement of the main ideas within a text

characterization

• physical and emotional traits of a character

• having the opposite meaning of what is said or done

• educated guess

• flawed concept

author's purpose

• time and place of a story

• literal meaning of a word

• the author's reason for writing

• tension/ problem

atmosphere

• the mood and tone surrounding a story

• length of a line

• timing of line length

• find the differences

connotation

• traits of a character

• feeling/emotion behind the meaning of a word

• the time and place of a story

• conversation between characters