To Kill a Mockingbird
The setting of TKAM
What is Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression?
This occurs when there is a reference in a literary work to another piece of literature, culture, or historical significance.
What is an allusion?
"Calpurnia was something else again. She was all angles and bones...her hand was wide as a bed slat and twice as hard."
What is a simile?
The first sentence of the introduction that captures the reader's attention.
What is a hook?
When you are listing items, after an introductory phrase, with dates and addresses, and between independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction.
When is a comma is used?
The author of TKAM
Who is Harper Lee?
A word or phrase that softens an uncomfortable topic.
What is a euphemism?
"Molasses buckets appeared from nowhere, and the ceiling danced with metallic light."
What is personification?
The first sentence of the body paragraph that tells what the paragraph is about.
What is a topic sentence?
When you introduce a list, tell time, or introduce a quote or something for emphasis.
When is a colon used?
What is racism, innocence, and don't judge a book by its cover?
When there is an occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
"Thus began our longest journey together."
What is foreshadowing?
The last sentence of the introduction that tells what the essay is about. It is a roadmap for your essay.
What is a thesis statement?
Between two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction.
When is a semicolon used?
The antagonist of TKAM
A word or group of words that is self contradicting.
What is an oxymoron?
"Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian Shore!" The "Plutonian Shore" is the shore of the River Styx in Roman Mythology. The mention of the Plutonian Shore is an example of this.
What is an allusion?
The final page of the essay that lists the sources used.
What is a works cited page?
An incomplete sentence.
What is a fragment?
Who and what the mockingbird symbolizes
When you place two concepts or objects together to highlight their similarities and differences.
What is juxtaposition?
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
What is alliteration?
The components of MLA format.
What is Times New Roman size 12, double-spaced, a header (student name, teacher name, class name, due date), a running header (student last name + page number), and a title?
A sentence that goes on (more than 1 independent clause) without proper punctuation.
What is a run-on sentence?