LITERARY ELEMENTS
THEME
CHARACTERS
QUOTES
GENERAL FACTS
100
How is flashback used during the attack scene?
Jem's broken elbow is mentioned in the first sentence of the book.
100
What incident involving Uncle Jack exemplifies Life Lessons
He reprimands Scout w/o hearing her side of the story.
100
Which character did Harper Lee intend to represent comic relief throughout the novel
Dill
100
Scout believed that Mayella was "the _________________ girl in the world."
loneliest
100
Which character does Scout realize exists in two different worlds?
Calpurnia
200
How is Dill's comment, "He lost them playing strip poker," an example of comic relief in that scene?
The townspeople's conversation about Mr. Radley's gun shot is a serious situation. Dill injects humor into that situation by mentioning a funny situation.
200
Scout's comment, "He ain't company, Cal. He's a Cunningham," shows what type of prejudice?
Social Class
200
Which TWO characters represent the "mockingbird"
Tom & Boo
200
"Occasionally there was a sudden breeze that hit my bare legs, but it was all that remained of a promised windy night. This was the stillness before a thunderstorm" What kind of a mood does Harper Lee create in this quote?
Spooky &/or Suspenseful
200
The setting of the novel is (years, county, state)
1920's Maycomb, Alabama
300
What do Miss. Maudie's cakes for the children symbolize?
2 little ones to Scout & Dill = still kids big one to Jem = he's maturing
300
How does the incident when Scout walks Boo home portray the life lesson of seeing things from others' perspectives? Be specific
From directly in front of Boo's window, she can literally see things from his point of view.
300
Which character represents southern tradition and the town's arrogance & prejudice?
Alexandra
300
Explain how the circumstances surrounding Scout's comment, "Well, it would be sort of like shooting a mockingbird" shows her coming-of-age.
She realizes that putting Boo in the limelight would be the wrong thing to do since he would hate it.
300
Aside from the author, name TWO more topics we covered in our pre-reading Jigsaw activity. (The book is based on these social issues)
Great Depression, Scottsboro Trial, Jim Crow Laws
400
In what point of view is the story told and by whom? Why does Harper Lee choose this narrator? (notes)
1st person by Scout to tell the story through an innocent child's eyes.
400
Explain how Dolphus Raymond's character exemplifies TWO different themes
Prejudice - people prejudge him as a drunk and that's why he's married to a black woman. True Courage - He has the courage (in his own way) to live freely by allowing people to think that.
400
which TWO characters exemplify the author's intended motif of hypocrisy (being a hypocrite)
Miss Caroline & Miss. Gates
400
Why would Tom's statement about Mayella, "I felt right sorry for her Mr. Finch," be an example of irony in that time period?
The courtroom acted like a black man wasn't allowed to feel sorry for a white woman.
400
The author intended the 2 most important points of Atticus's closing arguments to be... (from notes)
Tom's left arm was useless & No doctor was called.
500
The author intends the part where Atticus is shown standing alone against the mob to symbolize what? (from notes)
individualism vs. popular opinion
500
During the trial, Lee contrasts the Ewells with the Cunningams to portray the absurdity of prejudice. Which other two families does she use in the beginning of the book to prove the same point? Explain
Cunninghams = (white) poor but honest, hard-working VS Ewells = (white) also poor but law-breaking, ignorant, liars
500
Which TWO characters (besides Atticus) best represent True Courage vs False Courage?
Dolphus Raymond and Mrs. Dubose
500
What exact phrase did Mr. Underwood use in his editorial that directly relates to the title of the novel?
The senseless slaughter of songbirds.
500
Explain TWO specific reasons why The Gray Ghost is relevant and symbolic in the story
1) It parallels the Boo Radley mystery 2) It strengthens the idea that "You never really understand a person until you see things from his point of view" (prejudice)
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