The Crucible Language Features

The Crucible Language Features

Hysteria

A state of overwhelming emotion or excitement, often resulting in irrational behavior.

Repetition

A rhetorical device that repeats the same words or phrases for emphasis.

Vengeance

Punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense.

Metaphor

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unrelated things by stating one is the other.

Dramatic Irony

A situation where the audience knows more about the events of a story than the characters do.

Simile

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

Allusion

An indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work.

Contrast

A rhetorical device that highlights differences between two or more elements.

Symbolism

The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

Juxtaposition

The placement of two or more elements side by side to highlight their differences.

Hyperbole

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

Foreshadowing

A literary device used to give hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.

Oxymoron

A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms.

Pacifism

The belief that any violence, including war, is unjustifiable and that disputes should be settled by peaceful means.

Motif

A recurring theme, subject, or idea in a literary work.

Personification

A figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

Rhetorical Question

A question asked for effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.

Tricolon

A rhetorical term for a series of three parallel words, phrases, or clauses.

Biblical Allusion

A reference to a story or concept found in the Bible.

Declarative Tone

A tone that makes a statement or declaration.

Epithet

A descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.

Characterization

The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.

Paradox

A statement that appears self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection may prove to be true.

Emotive Language

Words chosen to evoke an emotional response.

Metonymy

A figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with it.

Empathy

The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Allegory

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

Ambiguity

The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.

Dehumanization

The process of depriving a person or group of positive human qualities.

Connotation

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

Symbol

A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.

Mortality

The state of being subject to death.

Imagery

Visually descriptive or figurative language.

Propaganda

Information, especially biased or misleading in nature, used to promote a political cause.

Justice

The quality of being just, impartial, or fair.

Truth

The quality or state of being in accord with fact or reality.

Legacy

Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor.

Fear

An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous.

Who shows the most care for their “name’ / reputation

John Proctor

Who creates/ starts the Hysteria within the girls?

Abigail Williams who manipulates the girls and the court.