Literary Elements #16
Ch 26-28 To Kill a Mockingbird Name_______
1. Find
a simile on page 243 that refers to the how events of the past summer still
lingered in the minds of Scout and Jem and the whole town.
2. What literary element is this?
“There was one odd thing, though that I never understood: in spite of Atticus’s shortcomings (in the eyes of Maycomb)…people were content to re-elect him to the state legislature that year, as usual, without opposition.”
“There was one odd thing, though that I never understood: in spite of Atticus’s shortcomings (in the eyes of Maycomb)…people were content to re-elect him to the state legislature that year, as usual, without opposition.”
3. On page 244-245 Miss Gates discusses, with
her class, the atrocities Hitler is committing against the Jews in Europe. What question does Cecil Jacobs ask the
teacher, and what does this question reveal about the racism in Maycomb?
4. Chapter 29 builds SUSPENSE. The root word of suspense is “suspend,” meaning the reader is left hanging—wondering about what will happen next. On pages 248-249, three things happen to people who supported Tom Robinson, and their effect is to build suspense. What are they?
a.
b.
c.
5. On page 250 find a simile
that refers to how Judge John Taylor looked at Bob Ewell during the trial.
6. Find a simile on page 252 that refers to who stole Miss Tutti and Frutti Barber’s furniture on the previous Halloween night.
What really
happened to the furniture?
7. Can you guess 3 literary elements in this passage? “ Aunt Alexandra said …she’d been decorating the stage all afternoon and was worn out—she stopped short in the middle of her sentence. She closed her mouth, then opened it to say something, but no words came.
“ ‘s matter, Aunty?” I asked.
“Oh nothing, nothing,” she said, “somebody just walked over my grave.” She put away from her whatever it was that gave her a pinprick of apprehension.”
a.
b.
c.
8. On page 254, what literary element is
this: “After that, it didn’t matter
whether they went or not. Jem said he
would take me. Thus began our longest journey
together.”
9 . On page 255, what happens to the Jem and
Scout on the way to the Halloween pageant?
This event is important because it serves as a sharp contrast to what
happens later on during their return trip home.
It builds suspense.
10. On page 258, what does the colloquialism in this sentence mean? “…and taking no lip from the subordinates…”
11. On page 259, something
happens that causes Scout to want to leave her ham costume on so she can “…hide
her mortification under it.” What
does mortification mean here?
12. On page 260, Jem repeatedly asks Scout to be quiet, and they stop and start again and again on their walk home. Why can Jem hear things Scout can’t hear?
What effect does the writer intend here?
13. On page 262, what literary element is this? “Metal ripped on metal and I fell to the ground and rolled as far as I could, floundering to escape my wire prison.”
Why was it important that Scout had missed her cue and come in late during the pageant?
14. On page 262, Scout describes what happened
when she and Jem were attacked. Find a
simile that refers to the strength of the man who was trying to squeeze the
breath out her.
15. How do the last few paragraphs on page 266
add to the mystery of what happened to Scout and Jem on their way home from the
pageant?
