Literary Devices
What is setting?
Where a story is set/placed.
Why is Scout confused by Miss. Gates' discussion about Hitler?
She talks about how Hitler oppressed the Jews for their religion and ethnicity and that we should be lucky to live where everyone is equal and free - which is not true at this time
Dies by gunshot wound; is found guilty of raping a white woman
Tom Robinson
Cries over the guilty verdict with Jem
Dill
FREE POINTS
FREE POINTS
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to non-human things.
When does the story take place in American history?
The Great Depression
wants Scout to be more of a lady
Aunt Alexandra
Questions Miss Gates' opinion of Hitler
Scout
Profound
Great
What is conflict?
An issue between or with a character and/or others
How many women were on Tom Robinson's jury?
Zero
Saves the children, gives Scout her overalls
Boo Radley
protected by Heck Tate's story that Bob Ewell fell on the knife
Boo Radley
Rural
Country
What is a flashback?
Looking back at something in the past that has something to do with the present
What are the Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that segregate black and whites
Tries to murder the Finch children; spits in Atticus’ face; prowls behind the judge’s house; harasses Helen Robinson; threatens the Finch family
Bob Ewell
thinks there should be no juries
Atticus or Jem
Spurious
Fake
What is symbolism?
When the author uses something to convey a larger message
What is the best reason why Aunt Alexandra came to live with the Finches?
To teach Scout the proper etiquette to be a young lady.
Tells Helen Robinson about Tom’s death
Atticus
Hosts the missionary circle
Aunt Alexandra
What does "allegedly" mean?
Supposedly