TKAM Flashcards

(40 cards)

1
Q

Full name of author

A

Nelle Harper Lee

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2
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birth year/place of author

A

1926- Monroeville

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3
Q

Lee’s good friend was

A

Truman Capote

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4
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example of Truman Capote’s work

A

a tree of night , In Cold Blood

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5
Q

TKAM was published in

A

1960

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6
Q

TKAM won the

A

Pulitzer Prize in 1961

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7
Q

Harper Lee acted like ______ when she was younger

A

Scout

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8
Q

Lee’s _____ and _______ had a lot in common

A

father

Atticus

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9
Q

Lee’s father defended……..

A

2 black men in court.

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10
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TKAM’s time setting

A

summer 1933 through Halloween night 1935

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11
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advantage of a first person narrative

A

reader is close to narrator

time frame is same to the reader as to the narrator

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12
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disadvantages of a first person narrative

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you see only one person’s point of view

narrator only tells their idea on a situation; not the right idea or anybody else’s

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13
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scout’s _____ nature and ______ add to the story

A

open

sensibilities

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14
Q

scout _______ events as an adult

A

re-evaluates

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15
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Jem struggles with himself on growing up

A

character vs. himself

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16
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Atticus defending tom robinson and being made fun of

A

character vs. society

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17
Q

5 themes in the novel

A
courage
prejudice
education
sight 
growing up and loss of innocence
18
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2 types of courage

A

physical and mental

19
Q

example of physical courage

A

boo fighting bob Ewell

20
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example of mental courage

A

atticus taking the case

21
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3 types of prejudice

A

racism, gender, class

22
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example of racism prejudice

A

calpurnia uses back door

23
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example of class prejudice

A

Ewells’ are trash

24
Q

example of gender prejudice

A

stop acting like a girl Scout, you’re acting more like one.

25
example of a lesson Scout learns
Uncle Jack says ladies do not cuss
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example of a lesson Jem learns
grown ups lie
27
example of a lesson adults teach/learn
Miss Gates- democracy, | Miss Caroline- society of maycomb
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concern boo radley children deal with childish fears jem grows up
plot structure in part one
29
tom robinson on trial adult fears scout begins to grow up atticus teaches kids lessons
plot structure in part two
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The book begins with _________________________ and ends on the night of ____________ and with an explanation of ________
jem's broken arm Halloween grey ghost, people
31
clues boo will be a hero
blanket, the gifts in the knot hole, | laughter
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innocent things being persecuted
mockingbird
33
disease of prejudice, town racism
mad dog
34
old south
camelias
35
jem was a born hero
one sentence paragraph
36
irony | Boo is seen as a _____ in part 1 and seen as a ______ by the end of the book
monster | hero
37
irony | Jem and Scout's thought their father was ________ but he is actually very ________
feeble | couragous
38
boo and tom are
prejudiced against outcasts both are mockingbirds
39
juxtaposition tom's honesty vs. atticus as father vs. calpurnia's treatment of company vs.
mayella and bob's lies bob ewell as a father lula's treatment of company.
40
list 3 acts of suspense
scout rolling in tire mystery of who killed Bob ewell before scout figures out scout waits jem's return from radley house for his pants.