To Kill a Mockingbird Review

1. To Kill a Mockingbird Review English 9

2. Background • Harper Lee’s birthplace and year: ___________________ • Monroeville, Alabama/1926 • The character based on Lee’s father is _____________. • Atticus

3. Background • Epigraph for her novel:_______________. • “Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.”

4. Themes • 1. Growing Up • 2. Prejudice • 3. Courage

5. Five things Lee’s Writing is praised for: • Simple, strong storytelling • Authentic characters • 3. Dialogue • 4. Attack on important social issues • 5. Humor

6. To Kill a mockingbird • Narrator of the novel: • Scout • Maycomb’s Usual Disease: • Prejudice • Setting (time period and state) of the novel: • 1930’s - Alabama

7. To Kill a mockingbird • The action of the novel spans _______________. • 2 1/2years • Scout’s real name is ___. • Jean Louise

8. Mockingbirds • Two symbolic mockingbirds: • Boo (Arthur) Radley • Tom Robinson

9. History • Jim Crow was the name of a ______________________. • Racial Caste System • Whites were considered superior to Blacks in all ways.

10. History • The Supreme Court ruling of ________________________ made racial segregation in public schools illegal. • Brown vs. Board of Education

11. History • The Tom Robinson case was based on the ___________________ trial. • Scottsboro • The trial took place in _________________ • during 1931-1932. • Alabama

12. History • WPA stood for ___________. • Works Progress Administration

13. Vocabulary words • 1. recluse– someone who stays away from society and the company of others • 2. notoriety - fame • 3. nondescript – dull; with no special or interesting qualities • 4. gait – pace, walk • 5. irascible - angry

14. Vocabulary words • 6. rout - defeat • 7. reprimand - scold • 8. blandly – smoothly without excitement • 9. connived - secretly • 10. railing - painful

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