Figurative Language
"...the fire silently devoured Miss Maudie's house."
What is personification?
Feeling of superiority.
What is condescend?
In addition to the narrator, Jean Louise "Scout" is also this as the main character.
What is the protagonist?
The verdict in the Tom Robinson case.
What is guilty?
The narrator of the story.
Who is Scout?
"Smoke was rolling off our house and Miss Rachel's house like fog off a river bank."
What is a simile?
Incapable of being fully explored or understood.
What is unfathomable?
He is a widower with a very dry sense of humor, but possesses a strong sense of morality and justice.
Who is Atticus Finch?
Heck Tate convince Atticus of this after his kids were attacked after the play.
What is Bob Ewell's death was an accident?
The point of view that the story is told from.
"...the nuts lay untouched by the children: Radley pecans would kill you."
What is a hyperbole?
Anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.
What is apprehension?
Scout's playmate and close companion who ends up injured for life because he sees himself as her protector.
Who is Jem Finch?
Mr. Cunningham wanted to take matters into his own hands in order to do this to Tom.
What is lynch him with the help of other towns people?
This is a technique that the author is using by showing that the story is being narrated by an older Scout looking back on her childhood.
What is a flashback?
"He sounded fishy to me. Nobody in Maycomb just went for a walk."
What is alleged?
A powerful symbol for goodness even though he is a recluse that dominates the imagination of Jem, Scout, and Dill.
Who is Arthur "Boo" Radley?
Jem and Scout were shocked to discover this about their father, Atticus.
What is that he is the best shot in Maycomb County?
This changes over the course of the novel from light and nostalgic to dark and mysterious.
What is tone?
"The air was so cold and clear we heard the courthouse clank, rattle, and strain before it struck the hour."
What is an onomatopoeia?
To struggle to move or obtain footing.
What is flounder?
Who is Bob Ewell?
Gifts are left here for Scout and Jem.
What is the hole or knot in the tree?
Miss Maude is compared to an occurrence from the Old Testament and the Plagues of Egypt.
What is an allusion?