Part A - Matching: English - The Crucible Unit Test

autocracy

a system of goverment ruled by one person with absolute power

citadel

a fortress, typically on high ground, protecting or dominating a city

parochial

a church council

persecute

the act of continually treating others in a violent way

predilection

a natural liking for something or a special preference

rankle

continue to be painful; fester

surmise

suppose something is true without having evidence to confirm it

theocracy

society that is governed by religion

arbitrate

reach an authoritative judgement or settlement

calumny

the making of false defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander

hypocrisy

claiming morals one doesn’t actually practice

parish

(in Christian church) a small administrative district typically having its own Church and a priest/pastor

prodigious

unnatural or abnormal

providence

the protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power

psalm

a sacred song or hymn, particularly one contained in the biblical book of Psalms

ameliorate

make (something bad or satisfactory) better

calamity

an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress: a disaster

hysteria

exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement (typically affecting a large group of people)

poppet

homeade doll or puppet

slippery slope

an idea or course of action which will lead to something unacceptable, wrong, or disastrous.

hasty generalization

an argument based off a body of evidence that is too small

post hoc ergo propter hoc

“after this therefore because of this” incorrectly assumes that because one event followed another, the first event must have caused the second

genetic fallacy

arguments dismissed based on the source, rather than the claim

begging the claim

the conclusion that the writer should provide is validated within the claim

circular logic

premise of an argument assumes the conclusion to be true

encroachment

hero takes on too much, makes a mistake, causes a fall

complication

aligning of forces or “sides”

reversal

hero realizes his fate is not what was expected

recognition

hero and audience recognize the pattern - Frye’s circle

catastrophe

everything goes wrong and exposes the limits of the hero

catharsis

the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions

hamartia

the error, fratility, mistaken judgement, or misstep through which the fortunes of the hero of a tragedy are reversed

contrapasso

when the punishment matches the sin

covenant

an agreement