| A | B |
| Hester | sentenced to wear the scarlet letter |
| Mistress Hibbins | makes references to the Black Man |
| Pearl | name of the main character's child |
| Chillingworth | the minister's physician |
| Dimmesdale | the town's revered minister |
| Pearl's father | Dimmesdale |
| Hester's relationship to Chillingworth | wife |
| how Hester earned a living | sewing |
| times Dimmesdale was on the scaffold with Pearl and Hester | 2 |
| What did Pearl do when the minster kissed her in the forest. | wiped the kiss off |
| seen on Dimmesdale's chest when he died | scarlet letter |
| sought revenge on Dimmesdale | Chillingworth |
| wrote the Scarlet Letter | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| When the minister lay dying, he asked for a kiss from.... | Pearl |
| Hester appealed to him when she thought her child would be taken away.... | Dimmesdale |
| physical background | setting |
| sequence of events | plot |
| struggle between opposing forces | conflict |
| main character | protagonist |
| character that changes | dynamic character |
| character that remains the same | static character |
| central idea that gives the work meaning | theme |
| character that is in conflict with another | antagonist |
| highest point of interest | climax |
| narrative in which the characters, places, and other items are symbols | allegory |
| "Wilt thou stand here with mother and me, tomorrow noontide?" | said by Pearl |
| "Thou shalt forgive me!" | said by Hester |
| "I...whom you so reverence and trust, am utterly a pollution and a lie!" | said by Dimmesdale |
| "Thou hast escaped me!" | said by Chillingworth |
| "What does the scarlet letter mean?" | said by Pearl |
| "Wilt thou go with us to-night? There will be a merry company in the forest." | said by Mistress Hibbins |
| "How am I to live longer, breathing the same air with this deadly enemy?" | said by Dimmesdale |
| "She is my happiness!--she is my torture, none the less!" | said by Hester |
| "So thou thinkest the child will love me?" | said by Dimmesdale |