People/Characters🧙♂️
He gave an important speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
a prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute
feud
plot stage that lays important background for the rest of the story
exposition
This is the setting for To Kill a Mockingbird.
Maycomb, AL (in the 1930s)
“Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds.' "
Martin Luther King, Jr.
He treats love lightly and often jokes about it. He gives the Queen Mab speech.
Mercutio
A term for a humorous character like the Nurse, who is included to relieve some of the tension.
comic relief
the moment of greatest tension in a story
climax
What is Scout's real name?
Jean Louise Finch
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it."
Atticus Finch
a character who is included to bring attention to the qualities of an "opposite" character
foil
a heavily symbolic story with both a surface level and symbolic level all the way throughout
allegory
Aiden Augustine eats this for snack every day 4th hour.
granola
Name one theme we discussed for Mockingbird.
correct answers include:
-empathy
-abuse
-justice
"Maybe there is a beast… Maybe it's only us."
Simon
What is Boo Radley's real name?
Arthur Radley
exceptional, even royal being, whose tragic flaw of a curse by fate results in death in the end
tragic hero
The hunters kill their first pig, but at what cost?
They let the fire go out and a ship goes by that doesn't see them.
This serves as a symbol for Tom Robinson and other innocent people who get abused by an unfair system.
mockingbird
“O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?"
Juliet
He was brutally murdered in 1955 for saying "Bye, baby."
Emmett Till
a character speaks alone on stage
soliloquy
This could be considered the inciting incident of Romeo & Juliet.
Romeo first sees Juliet (love at first sight)
This serves as a possible symbol for the racist attitude of which Scout’s town struggles to rid itself.
the mad dog ("Tim Johnson")
“A plague o' both your houses!”
Mercutio