Characters
Pays back debt however he can (wood, nuts, etc.)
Walter Cunningham, Sr.
Religious righteousness
Piety
It was a happy cemetary.
Oxymoron
What is the point of view?
First person limited
What two things are occurring during the time period?
1. The Great Depression
2. The Dust Bowl
Maycomb county gossiper
Miss Stephanie Crawford
Harmless; not evil
Benign
Jem and I were trotting in our orbit one mild October afternoon
Metaphor
What are the four major themes of the novel?
2. Sexism
3. Social Inequality
4. Loss of Innocence
A widely held but unjustified belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief.
Superstition
Scout's first grade teacher; made the mistake of trying to give Walter Cunningham a quarter and told Burris Ewell to take a shower
Miss Caroline
Not showing due respect for another person
Impudent
A mockingbird is considered what two literary elements within the novel?
1. Metaphor
2. Motif
What items did Scout and Jem find in the knot-hole?
Gum, pennies, twine, soap carvings, a spelling bee medal, and a pocket watch
What does the brown blanket that Boo Radley wrapped around Scout symbolize?
Comfort, warmth, security
A man who drinks Coca-Cola out of a brown paper bag
Mr. Dolphus Raymond
A rebuke; especially an official one
Reprimand
The school buzzed with talk about him defending Tom Robinson
Onomatopoeia
According to Atticus, he is more concerned with his choices than what the majority of the town thinks he should do because...
He has to live with his conscience everyday
According to Mr. Avery, what happens when children behave badly?
The weather changes
Owns the Maycomb Tribune Newspaper
Mr. Underwood
The reluctant acceptance of something without protest
Acquiescence
I thought Jem was counting his chickens
Idiom
What three things does the snowman that Jem and Scout build symbolize?
1. Blacks and whites must work together in society for it to work
2. Society only accepts a man if he is white
3. No one should be labeled black or white, we are all the same inside
Scout explains there is only one type of person in this world. What word does she use to describe the one type of person?
Folks