Literary Elements #1 To Kill a Mockingbird Name: __________________
Chapter 1
1. Find the biblical allusion on page 4. [An allusion is a reference to famous literature or an event or person in history.]
2. Find the metaphor on p. 5 about men’s collars. What are they compared to? [A metaphor is a comparison that does not use like or as.]
3. Find a simile on p. 5 that refers to what the ladies were like in the hot weather. [A simile is a comparison that uses like or as.]
4. Find an example of personification on page 5. [Personification is giving human characteristics to things that aren’t human.]
5. Find the allusion on page 6. [An allusion is a reference to famous literature or an event or person in history.] Hint: Franklin Delano Roosevelt said it.
6. Find the hyperbole on page 7. [A hyperbole is a great exaggeration.]
7. Find the metaphor on page 8 that refers to Dill telling the story of Dracula so often that it was no longer interesting to hear? [A metaphor is a comparison that does not use like or as.]
8. Find the simile on page 8 that refers to Dill’s fascination with the Radley Place. [A simile is a comparison that uses like or as.]
9. The Radley place becomes legendary in Maycomb. A legend is a story that grows larger than life with time. What are three of the ideas people believed superstitiously about the Radleys?
10. Why was Arthur Radley confined to his home? Who made him stay there? P.10
11. What metaphor refers to Arthur (Boo) Radley? Page 11. [A metaphor is a comparison that does not use like or as.]
12. Find an example of personification that refers to the Radley house on p.
. [Personification is giving human characteristics to something that is not human.]
