What's her name?
He is physically disabled (his "wing" is broken) and his only "crime" was being too kind to a white woman.
Who is Tom Robinson?
Calpurnia takes Jem and Scout here while Atticus is away.
What is First Purchase African M.E. Church?
Atticus famously tells Jem it is a sin to kill this bird because they don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy.
What is a Mockingbird?
Scout uses this device when describing the scary house down the street, saying: "The house was low, was once white with a deep front porch and green shutters, but had long ago darkened to the color of the slate-gray yard around it. It was... old and tired."
What is Personification?
This is the name of the "meanest old woman who ever lived" who made Jem read to her as punishment for destroying her camellias.
Who is Mrs. Dubose?
Heck Tate refuses to put this person in the spotlight of a trial, noting that it would be "like shootin' a mockingbird."
Who is Arthur (Boo) Radley?
Atticus stands guard at the jail knowing that the villagers might attempt to kill Tom, but the tension is broken when __________________.
What is Scout recognizes Mr. Cunningham in the crowd. Her innocent conversation about his son "shames" the mob into dispersing, proving that individual humanity can overcome group prejudice.
This is the age of Jem by the end of the novel.
What is 13 years old?
At the start of the novel, Lee uses words like "slow," "limp," and "sweltering" to create this literary element, describing a town where "there was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go."
What is Mood?
(Daily Double): After the trial, this town sheriff decides to "let the dead bury the dead" to protect Boo Radley from the spotlight.
Who is Heck Tate?
He is "picked at like blue jay" by the townspeople for trying to help. He’s usually seen as the protector of mockingbirds rather than a victim himself, so he’s a "stronger" version of a mockingbird.
Who is Atticus Finch?
During the trial, Atticus proves that Tom Robinson could NOT have possibly attacked Mayella by this observation.
What is beaten by someone who was left-handed? Since Bob Ewell is left-handed and Tom Robinson’s left arm is mangled and useless, the physical evidence points directly to Bob.
Scout’s "ham" costume was made out of brown cloth and this metallic material that actually saved her from a knife.
What is chicken wire?
This term describes how Harper Lee places the childhood "scary" ghost stories about Boo Radley in Part 1 right next to the "real" horror of the trial in Part 2 to show the difference between childhood fear and adult evil.
What is Juxtaposition?
This is the name of the rabid dog that Atticus shoots in the middle of the street, proving to his kids he’s "One-Shot Finch."
Who is Tim Johnson?
Many scholars argue for this person as a "Broken" Mockingbird. Scout describes her red geraniums—an attempt to bring beauty into a trash-heap life. She is "singing her heart out" in a miserable situation, but unlike Tom or Boo, she eventually turns into a "bluejay" (a bird that causes trouble) to survive.
Who is Mayella Ewell?
During the trial, Tom makes the "mistake" of saying he ____ _____ ___ _______.
What is felt sorry for her?
In the Jim Crow South, a Black man feeling pity for a white woman was considered social blasphemy, sealing his fate despite his obvious innocence.
Scout says that Maycomb had just been told “they have nothing to fear but fear itself.” This is the Literary Element being used.
What is an Allusion?
By saying Atticus is not a "run-of-the-mill man” Lee is using this type of literary element.
What is an idiom?
Dill, who is knee-high to a grasshopper, spends his summers with his aunt, Ms. ______ _________
Who is Miss Rachel Haverford
He represents the innocence of childhood that is "killed" by witnessing the trial.
Who is Dill Harris?
(1/2 credit) Who is Jem Finch?
The school puts on a theatrical history of the county’s agricultural products. Scout is assigned to represent ______. This costume ends up ______ ___ ____.
What is PORK or dressed up as a ham?
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Saving her life?
This is the specific reason Jem is trying to ______ at the Radley house when he loses his pants in the fence and has to run home in his underwear.
What is to peek through the window (to see Boo Radley)?
Describing the "Mad Dog" "In front of the Radley gate, Tim Johnson had made up what was left of his mind... to pursue his original course up our street..." exemplifies this term.
What is Anthropomorphism?