ENG Scarlet Ibis

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assuaged:

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ease, make less burdensome

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taciturn:

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quiet, not talkative

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dictum:

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an authoritative statement/common saying

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malevolent:

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wishing for ill will on someone/evil

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predilection:

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preference

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profane:

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showing contempt towards sacreds

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domicile:

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home/residence

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fractious:

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disobedient

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auspicious:

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favorable

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setting

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Maycomb, AL 1933. notorious place

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mother

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died when scout was 2

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age when book started

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S-6 yr, 1st grade; J-10, 5th grade

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Boo AKA

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Arthur Radley

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Miss Caroline Fisher

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young, sheltered, unaware of country traditions

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S’s class

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ragged, denim shirts, floursack shirts, chooped cotton, fed hogs, immune to cute cartoon books, failed 1st grade mainly bc of work

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Calpunia’s to blame

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for teaching S to read and write, ironic bc she should be praised, and bc shes black

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Walter Cunningham

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kid w/no lunch who’s family won’t take anything they can’t pay back. but when they need it, theyll pay with wood and food

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hain’t

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monster/beast

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Walter is invited but

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S gets scolded for insulting how Cunningham eats

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Ewells

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shame of the town, Burris had a bug in his hair, unclean grey neck.

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communications with Boo

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letter on a line, gum, box, trail of lemon drops, sneaking into yard (gunshot),

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Eula May

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teleprompter

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Rose Alymer

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Jack’s dog

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Francis

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S’s cousin

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Alexandra

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gossiping bch

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Zeebo

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Cal’s son

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Mr Underwood

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lying news man

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Mennonites

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weirdos who didn’t ever interact with the town

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X Billups

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parents couldn’t write, just signed with “X”

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Dolphus Raymond, wedding

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white who hangs with black, birde shot herself

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Idler’s Club

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old law men

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Heck Tate

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officer, 1st to see May beat up

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sympathized with Dill’s tears

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Dolphus, gave Dill Coke

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Maudie

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hung out w/S

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Merriweather

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thinks she OWNS Sophie

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Helen

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Tom’s wife

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Tim Johnson

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rabies

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Harper Lee

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born in Monrovia, AL.

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verbal irony

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ex. sarcasm

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dramatic irony

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reader knows what char doesn’t

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situational irony

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opposite of what is expected

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propensities

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preference/natural inclination forward

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frivolous

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lacking in sense or inportance

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formidable

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lacking in seriousness/importance

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olbiquely

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indirect, devious, misleading

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edification

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instructive/imporving morally/spiritually

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reverent

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to honor

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infallible

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no error

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placid

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calm

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begrudge

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reluctant to give

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ominous

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threatening/foreboding