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To Kill a Mockingbird Literary Devices
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100

"Secretly...I'm not much of a drinker, but you see they could never, never understand that I live like I do because that's the way I want to live."

Dolphus Raymond

100

Scout grows and changes throughout this novel.  That makes her what kind of character?

Dynamic

100
According to Atticus, what is the one place that all men are created equal?
the court room
100

Bob Ewell died in this manner. 

Boo Radley stabbed him while stopping Bob's attack on the children. 

100

The person who comes to live with the Finches in Part 2 . She always picks on Scout for not being feminine enough. 

Aunt Alexandra

200

"It would be sorta like shootin' a mockingbird, wouldn't it?

Scout

200

Why is it ironic that Boo protects the kids?

He is rumored to be evil, a monster

200

Why were there no children on the premises on the day Mayella kissed Tom?

She sent them for ice cream

200

This is why Atticus was chosen to represent Tom Robinson in the trial. 

What is: the judge knew that he would do his best to give Tom a fair chance. He knew that Atticus had integrity. 
200

The person Scout recognizes and talks to in the lynch mob.

Walter Cunningham (senior)

300

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."

Atticus Finch

300

What is the literary device used when comparing Tom to a mockingbird?

SYMBOL - the “mockingbird” comes to represent or symbolize the idea of innocence, thus, to kill a mockingbird is to destroy innocence

300

What detail makes it possible that Bob could have been the person to attack Mayella?

He's left-handed

300

These two characters are specifically identified as symbolic mockingbirds.

Who are Boo and Tom?
300

The sheriff who says, "Let the dead bury the dead."

Heck Tate

400

"Thank you for my children, Arthur"

Atticus Finch

400

Bob, a character who never experiences growth or change, can be described as this. 

A static character

400

Finish this thematic statement: "Courage is not a man with a gun in his hand (it is not violence), it is .....

(Paraprhase is acceptable) 

"It's knowing you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.”

i.e. It is doing what you know is right even when you know you might fail. 

400

This is what happens to Tom in the book (not the film).

What is he is shot 17 times while trying to escape from prison because he gave up on the flawed justice system. 

400

Wrote an editorial that compared the death of Tom to killing a mockingbird.

Mr. Underwood

500

"Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy."

Miss Maudie

500

What theme is emphasized by Scout when she stands on Boo's porch at the end of the novel?

It is important to get to know someone and empathize with them before judging them. 

500

According to Atticus, what is Maycomb's "usual disease"?

racism

500

This is why Heck Tate does not reveal that Arthur killed Bob Ewell. 

What is he knew that Boo is too painfully shy to enjoy the attention of the town. Even though they would view him as a hero, it would be painful for him, an agoraphobic. 
500

Tom's boss who stood up for Tom him in court. He also hired and protected Tom's widow. 

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