Rhetorical Devices
saying something more than once to emphasize an important point.
What is repetition?
hints or clues in the text anticipating future events
What is foreshadowing?
wealthy white man who considers white society very hypocritical and prefers to live amongst blacks; lives in Maycomb with his black spouse and their children
Who is Mr. Dolphus Raymond?
Bob Ewell's abused, lonely, unhappy daughter. Though one can pity Mayella because of her overbearing father, one cannot pardon her for her shameful indictment of Tom Robinson.
Who is Mayella Ewell?
Sheriff of Maycomb
Heck Tate
repeating an idea using different words
What is restatement?
a symbol which appears multiple times throughout a work ("mockingbird"= innocence)
What is a motif?
-Black man accused of raping Mayella Ewell
-he is unable to use his left arm due to a cotton gin accident when he was young.
-married to Helen; has 3 kids.
Who is Tom Robinson?
the Finch's housekeeper; acts as a mother-figure to Jem and Scout
Who is Calpurnia (Cal)?
- a boy, who is racist and against what Atticus was doing for Tom Robinson; Scout resists the urge to fight him.
Who is Cecil Jacobs?
repeating words, phrases, or sentence structures to emphasize an idea or a series of ideas.
What is parallelism?
a speaker whose account of events appears to be faulty, misleadingly biased, or otherwise distorted
What is an unreliable narrator?
Father to Scout and Jem; lawyer who defends Tom Robinson; "Ol' One Shot"
Who is Atticus Finch?
New to teaching and to Maycomb and its ways, Miss Caroline is Scout's first grade teacher.
Who is Miss Caroline Fisher?
the Finches' cousin whom Scout gets into a fight with when he calls Atticus names
Who is Francis?
asking a question and immediately answering it
What is hypophora?
A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.
What is dialect?
One of the men who comes to lynch Tom Robinson, he's also one of Atticus' clients. After speaking with Scout, he calls off the mob.
Who is Mr. Walter Cunningham?
An old lady who lives down the street and who screams at the children as they pass her house; Atticus calls her the bravest person he ever knew because she gives up her morphine addiction; Jem destroyed her flowers.
Who is Mrs. Dubose?
the mad dog with rabies who Atticus shot
Who is Tim Johnson?
The intense feeling that readers go through while waiting for the outcome of certain events. It basically leaves the reader holding their breath and wanting more information.
What is suspense?
Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
What is tone?
- was guarding the jail with a shotgun
- wrote an editorial in the newspaper about how Tom Robinson's death was like the "senseless slaughter of songbirds"
Who is Mr. Underwood?
-An outcast to his society, rough past
- gives children presents in knothole
- One of the book's "mockingbirds"
- helps save children's lives
Who is Arthur "Boo" Radley?
lives across the street from the Finch family; a good friend; house burns down