Need To Know Flashcards

(30 cards)

1
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McMurphy compares group meetings to a _______________ in the Cuckoo’s Nest

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Pecking Party

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2
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Mary Rowlandson is treated like a possession by this group

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Natives/Indians

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3
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Because The Minister’s Black Veil had moral themes , it is apart of this genre

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Parable

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4
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The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry, refers to broken ________

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Dreams

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5
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In Cuckoo’s Nest , the lack of ________ is a sign of oppression

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Laughter

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6
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The literary device which has repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

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Alliteration

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7
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The rosebuds to Hester’s rose bush in the Scarlet Letter

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Pearl

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8
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These people thought people were born good and opposed strict religion

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Transcendentalists

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9
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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense motivated this reaction

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Revolution

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10
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Sir John Proctor commits this is the Crucible

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Adultery

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11
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Literary device that involves extreme exaggeration

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Hyperbole

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12
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To be great is to be ____________ said Emerson

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Misunderstood

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13
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One of the most important tenets of Transcendentalism is a love for this

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Nature

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14
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Chillingworth’s goal in the Scarlet Letter

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Revenge

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15
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Reverend Hale searches for the _________ in the Crucible

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The Truth

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16
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In the New Colossus, this landmark is personified

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The Statue of Liberty

17
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A figurative term that refers to the use of humor to expose human vices and illicit change

18
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In Cuckoo’s Nest this is a symbol of controlling factions of Society

19
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After Wordsworth, Emerson said, “Let nature be your __________”

20
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Rip Van Winkle is considered this kind of hero because he finds comfort in nature and is intuitive

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Romantic hero

21
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This is most important to Danforth in The Crucible

22
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The roads in The Road Not Taken symbolize these

23
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Samuel Clemens uses this pseudonym

24
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Huck Finn thinks this is useless because it always makes people feel bad

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Literary device that attributes human characteristics to nonhuman things
Personification
26
In Of Mice and Men , Lennie and George's relationship represents this.... George acts as this to Lennie
Parent
27
In the Minister's Black Veil the veil represents this
Sin
28
In this film a utopian atmosphere is corrupted by secrets and control
The Village
29
The third thing the scarlet letter comes to represent
Angel
30
The slave in on which blame is placed in the Crucible
Tituba