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Imprudent
rash; lacking good judgement
vapid
lacking life; flat; dull
nebulous
vague; hazy
condescended
waived the privileges of rank
indigenous
native; originated in a certain place
wallowing
indulging or delighting oneself
erratic
unpredictable; inconsistent
expounded
presented/explained in detail
diminutive
extraordinary small
auspicious
favorable; propitious
abominable
loathsome; detestable
melancholy
sad; sorrowful
magisterial
authoritiative; masteral
benevolence
kindness; charitableness
asinine
foolish; stupid
ramshackle
dilapidated; decrepit
malignant
spiteful; malevolent
waning
declining; diminishing
obliged
required; compelled
tarnished
discolored; sullied
ascertaining
making sure of
cordial
friendly; warm
perplexity
bewilderment; decrepit
analogous
comparable; similar
innate
inborn; natural
invective
abusive, foul language
vehemently
with intense emotion; passionately
apoplectic
extremely angry; furious
umbrage
offense; resentment
tranquil
peaceful; calm
Maycomb, Alabama, during the Great Depression
the setting of the novel
epigraph
A brief quotation in the beginning of a novel that suggests the theme.
example of personification
“The remains of a picket drunkenly guarded the front yard.”
exposition
The opening portion of a narrative where the author introduces the tone, setting, characters, etc. for understanding the story.
example of a metaphor
“Inside the house lived a malevolent phantom.”
Mr. Cunningham
A poor farmer who doesn’t take anything he can’t pay back.
diction
The choice of words using in speech or writing.
“First of all,” he said, “if you learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better w/ all kinds of folks.”
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”
rising action
The part of a dramatic plot that involves the conflict of the action.
game of playing “the Radleys”
“It was a melancholy little drama, woven from bits and scraps of gossip and neighborhood legend.”
irony
A literary device in which discrepancy exists between the literal words and the meaning.
Miss Maudie Atkinson(1)
Lives across the street from the Finches.
Miss Maudie Atkinson(2)
“Don’t you worry about me, Jean Louise Finch. There are ways of doing things you don’t know about….”
example of simile and suspense
“The back porch was bathed in moonlight, and the shadow, crisp as toast, moved across the porch toward Jem.”
example of irony and foreshadowing
“Grown folks don’t have hiding places.”
symbolism
“Just as the birds know where to go when it rains, I knew there was trouble in our street.”
what the children find in the knothole
“…two small images carved in soap. One was the figure of a boy, the other wore a crude dress.”
prejudice and narrow-mindedness
“Maycomb’s usual disease.”
why is it illegal to kill a mockingbird
“…they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us.”
refers to Mrs. Dubose
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man w/ a gun in his hand….”
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