Literary Elements #10 Chapter 14-15
To Kill a Mockingbird
Name:__________
Metaphor
- A comparison that does not use
"like" or "as." Ex.
The road was a ribbon of moonlight.
Simile - A comparison using "like" or "as." Ex. Her voice sounds like an angel’s.
Personification - Giving an animal, object, or idea human characteristics or personality. Ex. My car stubbornly refused to start today.
Allusion - A reference in literature to a famous person, place, or event.
Hyperbole – An exaggeration or overstatement. Example: I was so embarrassed I could have died.
Euphemism – Substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive.
Irony – When the opposite of what you would expect happens.
Colloquialism - regional or cultural saying
Foreshadowing – The author gives a hint of what is to come later in the story.
Symbol – An object stands for or represents an idea.
Pun – “Sounds like” joke; words with a double meaning.
Style – The author’s own unique way of writing.
Simile - A comparison using "like" or "as." Ex. Her voice sounds like an angel’s.
Personification - Giving an animal, object, or idea human characteristics or personality. Ex. My car stubbornly refused to start today.
Allusion - A reference in literature to a famous person, place, or event.
Hyperbole – An exaggeration or overstatement. Example: I was so embarrassed I could have died.
Euphemism – Substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive.
Irony – When the opposite of what you would expect happens.
Colloquialism - regional or cultural saying
Foreshadowing – The author gives a hint of what is to come later in the story.
Symbol – An object stands for or represents an idea.
Pun – “Sounds like” joke; words with a double meaning.
Style – The author’s own unique way of writing.
1. What literary element is this?
“On Saturdays, armed with our nickels, when Jem permitted me to accompany him (he was now positively allergic to my presence when in public, we would squirm our way through sweating sidewalk crowds and sometimes hear, ‘There’s his chillun,’ or ‘Yonder’s some Finches.’” p.135
“On Saturdays, armed with our nickels, when Jem permitted me to accompany him (he was now positively allergic to my presence when in public, we would squirm our way through sweating sidewalk crowds and sometimes hear, ‘There’s his chillun,’ or ‘Yonder’s some Finches.’” p.135
2. On p. 136, find a
metaphor that refers to Scout’s fear of being forced into acting and
dressing like a lady.
3. On p. 137 find an example of hyperbole
that Atticus uses to persuade his sister that they still needed Calpurnia.
4. On p. 137, find an example of onomatopoeia
that refers to Aunt Alexandra’s knitting needles. (Onomatopoeia is using words that imitate
noises, like buzz, crunch, bang, etc.)
5. On p. 137, find a metaphor that describes Scout’s angry reaction when Jem tells her not to antagonize her aunt.
6. On p. 138, find an example of hyperbole
that refers to Atticus’s concern for Tom Robinson.
7. On p.141, Scout discovers Dill hiding
underneath her bed. Atticus says to him,
“And for goodness’ sake put some of the county back where it belongs. The soil erosion’s bad enough as it is.” Paraphrase that statement.
8. On p. 142, find a simile that refers to how nervous Dill was when his Aunt Rachel showed up and heard about how he had run away from home.
9. On p. 143 we learn why Dill left home. What was his reason? Contrast Dill’s feelings with the
Scout’s impression of how her family feels about her.
10. On p. 144, what literary element is in this passage about Dill? “He could add and subtract faster than lightning, but he preferred his own twilight world, a world where babies slept, waiting to be gathered like morning lilies.”
11. What sudden
understanding do Scout and Dill reach about Boo Radley? (p. 144)
12. What is Atticus’s method of disagreeing with something someone said? Rather than directly telling a person he/she is wrong, what does he say? (p.146)
13. Find a euphemism on page 146 that is a polite way of saying Tom Robinson could be put to death.
14. What is ironic about this statement: “We went by Mrs. Dubose’s house, empty and shuttered, her camellias grown up in weeds and Johnson grass.” page 149
15. On p. 150 find a simile that describes the Maycomb County Jail.
16. On. Page 151, when the mob challenged him, Atticus said Heck Tate, the sheriff, was nearby. Atticus was then told, “…Heck’s bunch is so deep in the woods they won’t get out till morning. Called ‘em off on a snipe hunt…” What does this colloquialism mean?
17. On p. 152 Atticus is sitting in front of the jail at night. What is he doing there? Why won’t Jem leave when he is told to go home?
18. What does Scout do that causes the mob to disperse? Why are the children able to rescue their father?
19. On p. 154, find an example of personification that refers to a car starting.
20. Why wasn’t Atticus upset with Jem for
disobeying him earlier and not taking Scout home? Page 155
