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100
To avoid or escape; evade
What is elude
100
A person who lives in seclusion or apart from society
What is recluse
100
a slave who led a rebellion with 60 other people and killed 55 people (mostly women and children)
Who is Nat Turner
100
the use of regional detail in a literary work
What is local color
100
the three main people in the Finch family and their cook
Who are Atticus, Jem, Scout, and Calpurnia
200
To take dishonestly; steal; filch
What is purloin
200
To submit or comply silently or without protest
What is to acquiesce
200
an ardent abolitionist, a revolutionary, a conductor on the underground railroad, and a believer in the equality of the races
Who is John Brown
200
a way the events of a story are conveyed to the reader, it is the “vantage point” from which the narrative is passed from author to the reader
What is point-of-view
200
what Boo Radley did to his father (which we find out about in chapter 1)
What is Boo stabs his dad in the leg
300
Bitterly or sneeringly distrustful; contemptuous
What is cynical
300
Compelling someone by force or coercion
What is duress
300
a character by Harriet Beecher Stowe and his name is slang for someone who believes they are of a low status and act subserviently
Who is Uncle Tom
300
a character whose account of events appears to be faulty, misleadingly biased, or otherwise distorted
What is an unreliable narrator
300
this thing, which has not happened since 1885, causes Scout to tell Atticus that “the world’s ending”?
What is snow
400
Utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion
What is adamant
400
Unmannerly intrusion; insolence
What is impertinent
400
author who wrote the poem “We Real Cool”
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks
400
a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group
What is dialect
400
this is why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird
What is they are harmless and simply make beautiful music
500
Crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate
What is garish
500
Strongly emotional; intense; ardent
What is vehement
500
author who wrote the poem "Scottsboro"
Who is Langston Hughes
500
a method used to build suspense by providing hints of what is to come
What is foreshadowing
500
this is what Jem and Scout discover Atticus can do that surprises them
What is Atticus can shoot a gun (Ol' One-Shot Finch)