Literary Elements #14 Chapter 21-23 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
Allusion - A reference in literature to a famous person, place, or event.
Hyperbole – An exaggeration or overstatement. Example: He lost his head over her.
Euphemism – Substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered 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.
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
Allusion - A reference in literature to a famous person, place, or event.
Hyperbole – An exaggeration or overstatement. Example: He lost his head over her.
Euphemism – Substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered 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.
1. What literary element is
this? Calpurnia marched us home:
“—skin every one of you alive, the very idea, you children listenin’ to all
that! Mr. Jem, don’t you know better
than to take your sister to that trial? Miss Alexandra’ll absolutely have a
stroke of paralysis when she finds out!
Ain’t fitting for children to hear!” p207
2. On page 207, Calpurnia says to Jem, “If Mr.
Finch don’t wear you out, I will—get in that house, sir!” Wear you out is a euphemism for?
3. On page 209, find
an example of personification that refers to the old courthouse clock.
4. On page 210 there is an extended metaphor. Scout compares two situations—waiting for the jury to give the verdict and what other situation?
5. On the bottom of page 210 and top of 211, what is the simile for the jury entering the courtroom?
6. What literary element is this? I saw something only a lawyer’s child would be expected to watch for and it was like watching Atticus walk into the street, raise a rifle to his shoulder and pull the trigger, but watching all the time knowing that the gun was empty.” p.211
4. On page 210 there is an extended metaphor. Scout compares two situations—waiting for the jury to give the verdict and what other situation?
5. On the bottom of page 210 and top of 211, what is the simile for the jury entering the courtroom?
6. What literary element is this? I saw something only a lawyer’s child would be expected to watch for and it was like watching Atticus walk into the street, raise a rifle to his shoulder and pull the trigger, but watching all the time knowing that the gun was empty.” p.211
What was wrong?
7. On page 211, at the end of chapter 21, we learn that Tom was found guilty. In spite of that verdict, what did all the black people in the balcony do when Atticus stood and walked out of the courtroom?
What was this a symbol of?
8. On page 212, Jem is distraught and crying because of the outcome of the trial. Atticus and Alexandra are arguing. What is their disagreement about?
What does Atticus mean by this statement: “We’ve made it this way for them, they might as well learn to cope with it.”
9. On page 213, what is the response of the black community to Atticus’s efforts in court to defend Tom as best as he could?
7. On page 211, at the end of chapter 21, we learn that Tom was found guilty. In spite of that verdict, what did all the black people in the balcony do when Atticus stood and walked out of the courtroom?
What was this a symbol of?
8. On page 212, Jem is distraught and crying because of the outcome of the trial. Atticus and Alexandra are arguing. What is their disagreement about?
What does Atticus mean by this statement: “We’ve made it this way for them, they might as well learn to cope with it.”
9. On page 213, what is the response of the black community to Atticus’s efforts in court to defend Tom as best as he could?
What literary element is that?
10. On page 213, Miss Rachel says, “If a man like Atticus Finch wants to butt his head against a stone wall, it’s his head!” What does this metaphor mean?
11. On page 215, Dill and Scout each get a small cake of their own, but Miss Maudie cuts a slice from the big cake for Jem. What does this symbolize?
12. On page 215, Jem explains how Maycomb used to feel safe to him. What simile does he use?
13. On page 216, Miss Maudie feels the town is making progress— “a baby step” (metaphor) for improvement. Even though he lost the case, what was Atticus able to do that she sees as a hopeful sign?
14. The last paragraph in Chapter 22, p. 217 says: “…this morning Mr. bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post office corner, spat in his face, and told him he’d get him if it took the rest of his life.” What literary element is this?
15. On page 218, guess the meaning of the underlined word based upon its context:
Atticus said, “What on earth could Ewell do to me?”
“Something furtive, Aunt Alexandra said, “You may count on that!”
“Nobody has much chance to be furtive in Maycomb,” Atticus answered.
10. On page 213, Miss Rachel says, “If a man like Atticus Finch wants to butt his head against a stone wall, it’s his head!” What does this metaphor mean?
11. On page 215, Dill and Scout each get a small cake of their own, but Miss Maudie cuts a slice from the big cake for Jem. What does this symbolize?
12. On page 215, Jem explains how Maycomb used to feel safe to him. What simile does he use?
13. On page 216, Miss Maudie feels the town is making progress— “a baby step” (metaphor) for improvement. Even though he lost the case, what was Atticus able to do that she sees as a hopeful sign?
14. The last paragraph in Chapter 22, p. 217 says: “…this morning Mr. bob Ewell stopped Atticus on the post office corner, spat in his face, and told him he’d get him if it took the rest of his life.” What literary element is this?
15. On page 218, guess the meaning of the underlined word based upon its context:
Atticus said, “What on earth could Ewell do to me?”
“Something furtive, Aunt Alexandra said, “You may count on that!”
“Nobody has much chance to be furtive in Maycomb,” Atticus answered.
16. Find a euphemism on page 219 that means Tom
Robinson will receive the death penalty.
17. On page 220, find a metaphor that Atticus uses to describe anyone who would cheat a black man.
18. On page 222, Jem discovers it was one of the Cunninghams who wanted to acquit Tom Robinson and he kept the jury out for a long time. Jem says, “One minute they’re tryin’ to kill him and the next they’re tryin’ to turn him loose.” This is an example of ________.
19. On page 227 at the end of Chapter 23, Jem says, “I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all this time…it’s because he wants to stay inside.” Why would Jem say that? What has he learned from the outcome of the trial?
17. On page 220, find a metaphor that Atticus uses to describe anyone who would cheat a black man.
18. On page 222, Jem discovers it was one of the Cunninghams who wanted to acquit Tom Robinson and he kept the jury out for a long time. Jem says, “One minute they’re tryin’ to kill him and the next they’re tryin’ to turn him loose.” This is an example of ________.
19. On page 227 at the end of Chapter 23, Jem says, “I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all this time…it’s because he wants to stay inside.” Why would Jem say that? What has he learned from the outcome of the trial?
