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The Crucible: Act III Analysis Terms/Vocabulary = AmLC
The Crucible, Act III: dramatic irony, verbal irony, logical fallacy, categorize the characters, contentious, deposition, imperceptible, deferentially, anonymity, prodigious, effrontery, confounded, incredulously, blanched, inverted sentence
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| dramatic irony | there is a contradiction between what a character things and what the audience knows to be true |
| verbal irony | a character says one thing and means someting quite different |
| logical fallacy | an idea or argument that appears logical though it is based on a completely faulty premise: error in reasoning |
| categorize the characters | reading strategy to keep characters straight |
| contentious (adj.) | argumentative |
| deposition (n.) | the testimony of a witness made under oath but not in open court |
| imperceptible (adj.) | barely noticeable |
| deferentially (adv.) | in a manner that bows to another's wishes; very respectfully |
| anonymity (n.) | the condition of being unkown |
| prodigious (adj.) | of great size, power, or extent |
| effrontery (n.) | shamelss, boldness |
| confounded (v.) | confused; dismayed |
| incredulously (adv.) | skeptically |
| blanched (adj.) | paled; whitened |
| "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare. When Romeo find juliet in a drugged sleep, he assumes her to be dead and kills himself. Upon awakening to find her dead lover beside her, Juliet then kills herself. | dramatic irony |
| "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorn: If "experts" could always be trusted to make the right moral decision, then public participation would not be necessary--but they cannot be, and so it is. | logical fallacy example |
| inverted sentence | a sentence in which a verb comes before the subject |
| "Now there are no spirits attacking her." | inverted sentence example |
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English Language Institute |
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