Literary Elements #3 Ch 4 & 5 To Kill a Mockingbird
1. What metaphor for Scout’s learning experience at school
suggests how bored she is there?
P.33 [Metaphor = comparison w/out
using like or as.]
2. On p. 34, find the
paragraph that is a list of metaphors for summer. List at least 3 below.
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2.
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3. On p. 35, what
superstition did Jem believe about the Indian head pennies? It’s a metaphor. [Metaphor = comparison w/out
using like or as.]
4. On. P. 37, the
author uses a term we would consider offensive and derogatory. Scout says, “Calpurnia says that’s nigger-talk.” [Meaning the idea of a Hot Steam is just a
superstition some black folk believe in.] Why would the author use a word that
is offensive? Give 2 possible reasons.
1.
2.
5. Find the simile on p. 37 that describes what Scout looked
like when she fell out of the tire. [A
simile is a comparison that uses like or as.]
6. Find the metaphor
on p. 38 that indicates Jem’s hesitation to enter the Radley gate to retrieve
the tire. [Metaphor = comparison w/out using like or as.]
7. On p. 41 find an
example of irony in what Jem tells Scout about her behavior because she doesn’t
want to play “Boo Radley” anymore.
[Irony occurs when Jem says the opposite of what you would expect him to
say.]
8. What is the double
metaphor that refers to Miss Maudie Atkinson? (on p. 42) [Metaphor = comparison
w/out using like or as.]
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2.
9. Find the colloquialism on p. 44. It refers to why Jack Finch would yell a
marriage proposal across the street at Miss Maudie. [A colloquialism is a
regional or cultural saying or expression.]
10. On p. 44, we learn more about Arthur (Boo) Radley’s
father, and how harsh he was. What did
he say to Miss Maudie?
Why do you suppose
he would say that?
11. In contrast, what
does Scout say her father believes about God or about who God is? It’s a
biblical allusion. (p. 45) [A biblical
allusion is referring to something in the Bible.]
12. Find
personification on p. 45 that refers to the Radley house. [Personification is giving human
characteristics to objects or animals.]
13. Why is Atticus so
angry with Jem for trying to put a note into the Radley window with a fishing
pole?
14. What is it that
Atticus does NOT know about this situation? Who do you think put the gum and
the pennies into the tree hole?
