Vocabulary Chapters 1-3
Define assuaged
What is:To lessen the intensity of something that pains or distresses.
What is the name of the title?
What is To Kill A Mockingbird
Scout starts school for the first time in Chapter 2. Her teacher punishes her for already knowing how to do this.
What is to read.
Walter Cunningham is poor, but proud. He won’t accept something he can’t do this with.
What is pay back borrowed money.
This is the full name of Boo Radley.
What is Arthur Radley?
Define prediliction
What is: An established preference for something
What is the name of the actor who plays Atticus Finch?
Who is Gregory Peck
Scout gets in trouble for explaining why Walter Cunningham won’t take lunch money. This shows her early sense of this theme.
What is fairness or justice?
This family is seen as disgraceful and lazy by the rest of Maycomb.
Who are the Ewells?
According to local legend, Boo Radley once stabbed his father with this.
What is scissors?
Define foray
What is a sudden invasion or attack for spoils. A raid.
This principled lawyer defends Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird.
What is Atticus Finch?
Scout, Jem, and Dill spend the summer playing games and imagining stories about this mysterious neighbor.
Who is Boo Radley?
Miss Caroline doesn’t understand the Cunninghams’ behavior because she’s from here.
What is North Alabama?
Dill dares Jem to run up to the Radley house and do this.
What is touch the door?
Define Indigenous
What is produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environmnet.
She is Atticus Finch’s young daughter and the narrator of the story.
Who is Scout Finch?
Scout criticizes her teacher for not understanding Maycomb ways. This shows the conflict between these two things.
What are innocence and experience?
The Finch children begin to understand that Maycomb is divided not just by race but also by this.
What is social class or economic status?
Scout, Jem, and Dill believe Boo Radley stays inside for this reason.
What is he’s dangerous or mentally unstable (or to avoid the world)?
Define conferred
What is to compare views or take counsel. To consult.
This reclusive neighbor becomes a mysterious figure of fascination for Scout and Jem.
Who is Boo Radley?
Atticus encourages Scout to get along with others by telling her she’ll understand people better if she does this.
What is "climb into their skin and walk around in it"?
Scout says there’s nothing wrong with Walter Cunningham except that he’s this.
What is poor?
The Radley house is often described with dark, ominous language. This literary device helps create a mood of fear.
What is imagery or tone?
Define condescension
Patronizing attitude or behavior.
“We know better than you.”
He is wrongly accused of assaulting Mayella Ewell.
Who is Tom Robinson?
Jem’s broken arm is mentioned in the first sentence of the novel, setting the tone that the story is told through this kind of perspective.
What is a child’s perspective / reflection on childhood?
The way Miss Caroline reacts to Scout’s reading and the Cunninghams shows her lack of understanding about this.
What is Maycomb’s culture or local customs?
Boo Radley is described as having a pale face and eating raw animals. These rumors highlight this theme.
What is fear of the unknown / gossip?
Define diminutive
What is usually indicating a small size.
This young boy visits Maycomb in the summer and befriends Scout and Jem.
Who is Dill Harris?
Dill says he’s seen this many times but admits he hasn’t actually seen one in person.
What is a movie?
The Finch family is respected despite not being wealthy. This shows that in Maycomb, this often matters more than money.
What is family name / reputation / social standing?
Jem tells Dill and Scout that Boo hasn’t been seen in years because of this punishment from his father.
What is being locked in the house?
In the film, Atticus tells his children that it’s a sin to kill this kind of bird because it does no harm and only sings.
What is a mockingbird?
The Finch children’s play-acting and storytelling show how children often try to make sense of adult mysteries using this.
What is imagination?
When Scout criticizes Walter Cunningham's table manners, Calpurnia scolds her, teaching Scout that this matters more than class or background.
What is respect for others / treating all people with dignity?
The children's curiosity about Boo Radley reveals their innocence, but also their desire to understand this.
What is human behavior or the adult world?