Crucible Bellringer #15 9/5/12
Directions: Use your notes from yesterday to fill in the
blanks below.
1. ___________________is a contrast between what the
reader/audience expects to happen and what actually
happens.
2. ___________________occurs when a character states one
thing and means another.
3. ___________________occurs when the reader/audience
knows more about a situation or character than the
characters in the story do.
Today’s Target: I can identify examples of irony and
explain why those examples are ironic.
Crucible Bellringer #16 9/6/12
1. If Reverend Hale quit the court, explain why he is back
in Salem.
2. What happened to Abigail?
3. Other than the Abigail situation, what two other
things worry Parris about this morning’s hangings?
Today’s Target: I can identify examples of irony and
explain why those examples are ironic.
Crucible Bellringer #17 9/7/12
1. Describe the present condition of the town of Salem.
(List three descriptions)
2. Reverend Hale states, “For it may be that God damns a liar
less than he throw his life away for pride” (234). What
does he mean by that statement?
3. When John Proctor is speaking alone with Elizabeth, why
does he tell her that he might confess? (At this point in
the play, why does he feel like he cannot hang today?)
Today’s Target: I can identify examples of irony and
explain why those examples are ironic.
Crucible Bellringer #18 9/10/12
1. When Proctor is asked if he saw anyone with the Devil,
why did he refuse to give any names?
2. What makes John Proctor change his mind about his
confession?
3. What does Elizabeth mean in the following passage, “He
have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!”
(240).
Today’s Target: I can identify examples of irony and
explain why those examples are ironic.
Crucible Bellringer #19 9/11/12
THIS BELLRINGER IS REVIEW FROM THE ENTIRE UNIT. THINK
BACK TO THE START OF THIS UNIT TO ANSWER THESE
QUESTIONS. USE YOUR NOTES AND GRADED LOGS TO
HELP YOU.
1. Why did Arthur Miller write The Crucible?
2. What one event seems to cause all other events in the
play?
Today’s Target: I can compare and contrast what is
directly stated in a text according to its implied or
inferred meaning.
Crucible Bellringer #20 9/12/12
THIS BELLRINGER IS REVIEW FROM ACT II. USE YOUR NOTES
AND GRADED LOGS TO HELP YOU.
1. At the beginning of Act II, why does Elizabeth urge John to
go to Salem?
2. What convinces Ezekiel Cheever that Elizabeth is a witch?
3. By the end of Act II, what starts to happen to Rev. Hale?
Today’s Target: I can identify words and phrases that
impact meaning and tone and explain my thought
process in writing.
Crucible Bellringer #21 9/13/12
THIS BELLRINGER IS REVIEW FROM ACT III. USE YOUR
NOTES AND GRADED LOGS TO HELP YOU.
1. In Act III, what deal does Danforth make with Proctor so
that he might not present his evidence to the court?
2. What development causes Mary Warren to take back her
confession and rejoin Abigail and the other girls?
Today’s Target: I can identify words and phrases that
impact meaning and tone and explain my thought
process in writing.
Format of Crucible Final Test
This test is worth 100 points and there are four parts:
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4.
31 multiple choice questions (2 points each)
8 quote identification questions (2 points each)
7 passage based questions (1 point each)
1 tone passage in which you have to create a tone
chart and write a 3.8 paragraph (15 points)
****Remember if you are absent you have one week to
make up the test before or after school.