TKM Themes
Family and Community
Explain Scout and Jem's relationship with their father.
Atticus is found satisfactory and treats his children with courteous detachment. That means he is kind and respectful but can be distant and unemotional.
TRUE or FALSE
Calpurnia is the Finch's cook?
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE
The novel is set in the 1920's before the Great Depression.
FALSE
The novel is set in the 1930's during the Great Depression.
TRUE or FALSE
The narrator is a third-person point of view.
FALSE
First person-Scout
TRUE or FALSE
Rhetoric is the art of persuasive speaking and writing.
TRUE
How is the importance of education portrayed in the novel?
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Which character tells Scout not to let her father teach her to read and write?
Miss Caroline
What state is the novel set in?
Alabama
Who filled up the hole in the tree?
Nathan Radley
Logos comes from the Greek word _______________.
Reason
What is prejudice? Is racism the only form of prejudice in the novel?
Prejudice is a prejudgment without any basis. Although racism is found in the novel, it is not the only form of prejudice. Social class is another form of prejudice found in the novel.
Who is "he" in this quote?
"He staked me out, marked as his property, said I was the only girl he would ever love, then he neglected me" (TKM page 46).
Dill
What county is the story set in?
Maycomb
When Jem goes back to retrieve his pants from the Radley yard, what is surprising about what he finds?
His pants were folded neatly and roughly sewn back up.
Pathos comes from the Greek word suffering and is an appeal to ___________________.
Emotions
Give an example of the theme "growing up" in the novel.
Dill and Jem don't want to play with Scout anymore. Scout finds friendship with Miss Maudie.
Who are the Ewells? Explain their situation.
The Ewells are at the very bottom of the social ladder in Maycomb. They are uneducated, live in utter poverty and disregard the laws of the country. They take no notice in personal hygiene.
Where does Scout spend Christmas?
Finch's Landing
How has the theme of growing up been portrayed in the novel?
Scout is growing up and learning from the world around her. She doesn't always quite understand things as we the reader can.
Jem and Scout's relationship shifts as he matures and leaves her behind.
Jem and Dill behave has typical children playing imaginative games.
What type of persuasive appeal is used:
It has been proven that you can lower your cholesterol by 30% if you swap out our regular potato chips for Sally's Sweet Potato Snacks.
Logos
How is social inequity shown in the novel?
The Finch family is respected because of their status, while families like the Ewells and Cunninghams occupy lower social classes. The Ewells, despite being poor and uneducated, are still considered superior to Black residents purely because they are white. This creates a complex social hierarchy where wealth and race both determine status.
Who says, "The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."
Explain what it means.
Atticus
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The book was published in 1960 but set in 1930's. Explain what was happening in the 1930's and why that is important to the novel.
The Great Depression and racial and social prejudice was prevalent during the 1930's.
Explain the title of the novel.
Never shoot or kill a Mockingbird-they are innocent beings and should therefore never be killed. Echos the theme of justice and links the "mockingbirds" in the novel like Boo and Tom.
Use pathos to convince the class that video games increase or decrease a child's IQ.
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