Shorts
To Kill a Mockingbird
Of Mice and Men
Writing Terminology
Vocab
100

According to Margaret Atwood's story, this food changes value depending on the context.

What is bread?

100

What is Scout's real name?

What is Jean Louise?

100

Two of the animals Lennie is compared to.

What are a bull, bear, dog, or deer?

100

True or false: the structure of an introductory paragraph is broad to more focused.

What is true

100

What is nebulous?

Hazy

200

Where is Peyton Farquhar standing at the beginning of the story?

What is a railroad bridge?

200

Who says: "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view..."

Who is Atticus?

200

The reason George and Lennie are different from the other men.

What is that they have each other?

200

The purpose of a body paragraph is to support the ________.

What is the thesis statement?

200

What does "waning" mean when referring to the moon?

Fading

300

A group of boys decide not to kill these animals in "The Ice Storm."

What are pheasants?

300

What theme is reflected in the quote: "The one things that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience"?

What is justice and morality?

300

Curley's broken back is a symbol for what?

What is his broken spirit?

300

What is the purpose of a THESIS?

To organize the essay and present the argument.

300

Something unfathomable is:

Deep and incomprehensible 

400

A fur coat changes the main character into an actual animal in this short story by Teolinda Gersao.

What is "The Red Fox Fur Coat"?

400

Innocence is symbolized by what in To Kill a Mockingbird?

What is a mockingbird?

400

These two people never connect in the book, even though they look for each other.

Who are Curley and Curley's wife?

400

What is the purpose of a TOPIC SENTENCE?

To organize the paragraph

400

To be "pensive" means to be:

Deep in thought

500

After Mary Malone kills her husband, she disposes of the murder weapon by doing this.

What is feeding it to the police?

500

How would you describe Atticus Finch's parenting style?

What is patient and moral?

500

The main emotion the book explores.

What is loneliness?

500

Which writing style uses first-person pronouns appropriately? Narrative, argumentative, or informational. 

What is narrative

500

"Eccentricities" are:

Unusual behaviors

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