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8428232643The Scarlet Letter is set in...17th century0
8428238156The Scarlet Letter takes place in what location?Massachusetts1
8428241850Who is Hester's husband?Roger Chillingworth2
8428245051Hester supports herself as a...Seamstress3
8428248167Hester is buried next to who?Dimmesdale4
8428257961What becomes the symbol for Dimmesdale's guilt?A meteor5
8428266561Some say a scarlet A could be found on whose chest?Dimmesdale6
8428273108Who planned to escape on a ship bound for Europe?Hester and Dimmesdale7
8428277816Hester's daughter is named...Pearl8
8428284608Who becomes wealthy from Chillingworth's inheritance?Pearl9
8428294935Who lives in an abandoned cottage?Hester and Pearl10
8428299258Who pretends to be a doctor?Chillingworth11
8428303400The letter A goes on to represent what?Able12
8428329001Dimmesdale's gesture throughout the novel is...Placing his hand over his heart13
8428332923Who is a witch?Mistress Hibbins14
8428336182Who is the author of the Scarlet Letter?Nathaniel Hawthorne15
8428343396Who calls Chillingworth a leech?Hawthorne16
8428347365The novel is based on what religion?Puritan17
8428350257Dimmesdale dies where?On the scaffold18
8428362465Chillingworth had been living with...The Native Americans19
8428385583Parts of the rhetorical triangle...Audience, speaker, and purpose20
8428390873The three appeals are...Ethos, logos, and pathos21
8428396028Logos refers to...Data22
8428400907Ethos refers to...Credentials23
8428405528Pathos refers to...Emotions24
8428419859Anaphora containing "Let both sides"JFK Speech25
8428433593Rhetorical question "Will you join this historic effort?"JFK Speech26
8428439865Alludes to the 16th street bombing and Governor WallaceA Talk to Teachers27
8428455064States what passes for identity in America is myths about one's ancestorsA Talk to Teachers28
8428456659The purpose of education is the ability to make your own decisionA Talk to Teachers29
8428465361Argues the person and not the issueAd hominem30
8428473092Story you have observed or been toldAnecdote31
8428489715"You can't give me a C, I'm an A student"Circular reasoning32
8428496328What is currently happeningCurrent events33
8428501046Professional viewExpert opinion34
8428508264Offers two extreme options as the only choiceFalse dilemma35
8428518800Something you know (has 3 types)First hand evidence36
8428526998"Smoking can't be bad, my grandmother smoked a pack a day and she lived to be 90"Hasty generalization37
8428535521Verifiable facts found in researchHistorical evidence38
8428539292Weaknesses in an argumentLogical fallacy39
8428549479"As a member of that group, I know the qualifications"Personal experience40
8428552976Statistics, surveys, and pollsQuantitative evidence41
8428558229Irrelevant topic to avoid a topicRed herring42
8428562559Evidence that can't be disputedRelevant, accurate, and sufficient information43
8428570002Access through research and investigationSecond hand evidence44
8428573563A poor example meant to ridicule the opponentStraw man fallacy45
8428577287Claim of fact...Is something true or not46
8428577288Claim of policy...Proposes a change47
8428579205Claim of value...Argues whether something is good or bad48
8428586694Closed thesis...Main idea and major points49
8428589144Counterargument thesis...Mentions another argument before stating50
8428592963Open thesis...States opinion without any points51
8428602210AB- Who tells Peyton where to find fish in warm water?The preacher52
8428609457AB- Who shot the German Shepard?Ben Franklin53
8428612671AB- Who becomes the family barber?Helen54
8428615494AB- Who raises bees?Jim Hickey55
8428618858AB- The story follows what war?Cold War56
8428627720Good men are gruff and grumpyAlliteration57
8428627721The superman statue in Seinfeld episodesAllusion58
8428629649Repetition of "I need"Anaphora59
8428632756Easy on the eyes, hard on the heartAntithesis60
8428642340Twinkle twinkle little starApostrophe61
8428644767I've told you a million timesHyperbole62
8428644768A police officer losing his license because of parking ticketsIrony63
8428646802Struggle for life and the acceptance of deathJuxtaposition64
8428661999Einstein is not a bad mathematicianLitote65
8428662000Her eyes were firefliesMetaphor66
8428664189The White House declaredMetonomy67
8428667003Great DepressionOxymoron68
8428667004War is peace, freedom is slaveryParadox69
8428667005When you're right you can't be too radical, when you're wrong you can't be too conservativeParallelism70
8428670095Fear knocked on the doorPersonification71
8428670096That went over like a lead balloonSimile72
8428672397All hands on deckSynecdoche73
8428677270Harry Potter saying Moaning Myrtle is "a little sensitive"Understatement74
8428705696Parts of SOAPStone?Subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker, tone75
8428715565First level of Reading...Reading on the line (looking for facts)76
8428718685Second level of Reading...Reading between the lines (looking for inferences)77
8428723591Third level or Reading...Reading beyond the lines (looking for connections)78
8428732537AGOM- Which character was murdered?Beau Baton79
8428732538AGOM- Who does the sheriff think murdered Beau?Mathu80
8428732539AGOM- Who actually murdered Beau?Charlie81
8428734612AGOM- Who owns the Marshall Plantation?Candy82
8428734613AGOM- Why does Fix decide not to get revenge for Beau's death?The other sons would not go with him83
8428762729HL- David LacksHenrietta's husband84
8428765913HL- Dr. Howard JonesThe doctor who discovered Henrietta's tumor85
8428772508HL- George GeyDirector of the lab that grew HeLa cells86
8428779006HL- Rebecca Sklootauthor87
8428781941HL- SonnyHenrietta's middle son88
8428791083YGB- Faith and Brown have been married for...3 months89
8428791084YGB- Goodman means...Mr.90
8428791085YGB- Brown lives in...Salem, MA91
8428793881YGB- Brown is going...On a journey92
8428793882YGB- What time is Brown leaving?Evening93
8428793883YGB- Who asks Brown something before he leaves?Faith94
8428793884YGB- Faith asks Brown what?"Do you have to go?"95
8428797104YGB- Faith watches him from...The window96
8428800322YGB- Who wrote the story?Hawthorne97

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