Quotes
"Now you tell your father not to teach you any more. It's best to begin reading with a fresh mind."
Miss Caroline
Scout grows and changes throughout this novel. That makes her what kind of character?
Dynamic
This is the first unusual item Scout finds in the knothole of the oak tree on the Radley property.
Chewing gum
This reclusive figure lives down the street and is the subject of many frightening rumors among the children.
Boo Radley
This activity, often involving exaggerated portrayals, was a favorite pastime for Scout, Jem, and Dill during the summer.
Acting our stories (especially the Radleys)
"Grieving, child? Why, I hated that old cow barn. Thought of setting fire to it myself a hundred times."
Miss Maudie
This literary device compares two unlike things using "like" or "as," such as Dill's hair being described as sticking to his head "like duckfluff."
A simile
This event leads to Jem secretly returning to the Radley Place late at night.
Losing his pants during their nighttime attempt to peek into the Radley's window
This neighbor's house burns down, leading to an unexpected act of kindness towards Scout.
Miss Maudie
This character is the narrator of the story, looking back on her childhood in Maycomb.
Scout Finch
"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
This type of irony occurs when the reader knows something that the characters do not, creating suspense or humor.
Dramatic Irony
This event caused all of Maycomb to be out and about on a cold winter night.
The fire at Miss Maudie's house
This classmate of Scout's comes from a very poor family and refuses to accept a quarter from Miss Caroline.
Walter Cunningham, Jr.
This unusual weather phenomenon caused school to be canceled and the children to experience something new.
Snow
"Let's try to make him come out"
Dill
This literary device uses an object, person, or idea to represent something else, such as the Radley Place symbolizing the unknown and fear.
Symbolism
This dare, proposed by Dill, involved touching a specific part of the Radley Place.
Touch the Radley House
This character visits Maycomb every summer and is the catalyst for many of the children's adventures and dares.
Dill Harris
This is the reason Scout ends up rolling down the sidewalk in a tire and nearly ends up in the Radley yard.
Jem pushes her too hard
"Atticus don't ever do anything to Jem and me in the house that he don't do in the yard"
Scout
The mysterious gifts found in the tree knothole serve as an example of this, making the reader wonder who is leaving them.
Foreshadowing
This was the unexpected item placed around Scout's shoulders during the fire.
A blanket
This Black woman works for the Finch family and provides both discipline and affection to Jem and Scout.
Calpurnia
This classmate of Scout's comes from a notorious and disrespectful family, and only attends school on the first day.
Burris Ewell