VOCAB I
erudite
scholarly; well-educated
accolade
praise especially from someone of higher status
Setting
Maycomb, Alabama in the Depression
Least represented by the mockingbird
Aunt Alexandra
Harper Lee
author of novel
opportune
perfect; best time
ubiquitous
everywhere
Who doesn't go to trial?
Calpurnia & Mrs. Atkinson
Poverty has its dignity.
Lesson Scout learns
inspiration for novel
milieu
surroundings; atmosphere
irascible
grouchy
Not time to worry yet
motif
Ewells
White trash
neighborhood and town boundaries
arduous
difficult
truncate
to chop off
Innocence destroyed by evil
Theme idea
Mayella
gardenias
first person narration
Uses the pronoun "I"
hyperbole
exaggeration
paranoia
mental illness
bildungsroman
coming-of-age novel
imagery
description appealing to senses
limited narrator