TKM Vocab
TRUE or FALSE
Domiciled means a temporary home
FALSE
Domiciled means a permanent home
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
What does "asinine" mean?
a. foolish
b. bravery
c. kindness
d. favorable
a. foolish
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
Which word means "morally correct behavior"?
a. passe
b. palliation
c. bedecked
d. rectitude
d. rectitude
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
"Jem and I were burdened with the guilt of contributing to the aberrations of nature."
What does aberrations mean?
departure from normal, unwelcomed
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 motif of growing up been portrayed in the novel?
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 rhetoric technique 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
Fill in the blank:
"You just be a gentleman , son, and the phase of self-conscious _________ he had recently entered."
a. rectitude
b. interdict
c. bedecked
d. tirade
a. rectitude
Who says, "The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."
Explain what it means.
Atticus
Answers will vary
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.
There are children in this country without a home to sleep in. Buy this water bottle to help as the proceeds go towards combating homelessness.
What rhetoric technique is used?