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The Crucible and Dramatic Irony

Rhetorical Devices

Language that helps your audience connect to your argument.

Metaphor

"I'm drowning in homework."

Simile

"Life is like a box of chocolates."

Hyperbole

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"

Personification

"The stars danced in the sky."

Imagery

"The eerie silence was shattered by her scream."

Rhetorical Appeals

What do we know that people in 1692 didn't know?

  • The Crucible is an allegory for the Red Scare/ Mccarthyism
  • People were persuaded by authority into thinking they were in real danger in both situations
  • We know now, in retrospect, that there was no real threat
  • Rhetorical appeals were used to manipulate people

Appeal to Logic:

Logos

Appeal to Credibility: Ethos

  • What do we know about witches today?

"I have trouble enough without I come five mile to hear him preach only hellfire and bloody damnation."- John Proctor in reference to Reverend Parris

  • What does Arthur Miller make sure that we know about Abigail Williams?
  • What did they know about witches in 1692?

"She cannot bear to hear the Lord’s name, Mr. Hale; that’s a sure sign of

witchcraft afloat." Putnam in reference to Betty.

  • What do the townspeople think of Abigail Williams?

Appeal to Emotion:

Pathos

  • We can see that people are being manipulated

by their emotions.

"What victory would the Devil have to win a soul already bad? It is the

best the Devil wants, and who is better than the minister?"-Reverend Hale to Reverend Parris

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