Reverend Parris did not want to expose the fact that the girls lied because -nobody would believe it and chaos or further mass hysteria would result
-he would be seen as a liar, too
-it would make the church officials look like liars
-his daughter would be seen as a liar, too, and his reputation be ruined

What is the first step in summarizing a plot? restating central ideas and key details eliminating minor or unimportant details connecting ideas with logical transitions identifying important words and phrase

Read the following passage: he roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, and objectless step. the pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue— but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. the once occasional huskiness of his tone was heard no more; and a tremulous quaver, as if of extreme terror, habitually characterized his utterance. there were times, indeed, when i thought his unceasingly agitated mind was laboring with some oppressive secret, to divulge which he struggled for the necessary courage. which of the above ideas might be considered foreshadowing? he is wandering all over the chamber his skin tone is really pale his voice is quivering the narrator thinks he is laboring with an oppressive secret

Choose the word that best completes the sentence. a persons struggle to understand his or her spirituality is an example of a literature a) tone b) theme c)inference d)moral