ENG Scarlet Ibis Flashcards

(51 cards)

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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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4
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malevolent:

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wishing for ill will on someone/evil

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5
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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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10
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setting

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Maycomb, AL 1933. notorious place

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11
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mother

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died when scout was 2

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12
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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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13
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Boo AKA

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Arthur Radley

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14
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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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16
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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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18
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hain’t

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monster/beast

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19
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Walter is invited but

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S gets scolded for insulting how Cunningham eats

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20
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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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21
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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),

22
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Eula May

23
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Rose Alymer

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Francis

25
Alexandra
gossiping bch
26
Zeebo
Cal's son
27
Mr Underwood
lying news man
28
Mennonites
weirdos who didn't ever interact with the town
29
X Billups
parents couldn't write, just signed with "X"
30
Dolphus Raymond, wedding
white who hangs with black, birde shot herself
31
Idler's Club
old law men
32
Heck Tate
officer, 1st to see May beat up
33
sympathized with Dill's tears
Dolphus, gave Dill Coke
34
Maudie
hung out w/S
35
Merriweather
thinks she OWNS Sophie
36
Helen
Tom's wife
37
Tim Johnson
rabies
38
Harper Lee
born in Monrovia, AL.
39
verbal irony
ex. sarcasm
40
dramatic irony
reader knows what char doesn't
41
situational irony
opposite of what is expected
42
propensities
preference/natural inclination forward
43
frivolous
lacking in sense or inportance
44
formidable
lacking in seriousness/importance
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olbiquely
indirect, devious, misleading
46
edification
instructive/imporving morally/spiritually
47
reverent
to honor
48
infallible
no error
49
placid
calm
50
begrudge
reluctant to give
51
ominous
threatening/foreboding