1. Southern Dialect
To Kill A Mockingbird

2. Harper Lee
Born April 28, 1926

3. About the author Grew up in Monroeville, Alabama
Her father, a lawyer and state legislator, was a descendant of General Robert E Lee
Lee was an avid reader and from a young age wanted to become a writer

4. More About the Author
Attended University of Alabama and later moved to NYC to pursue a writing career
After two years of writing and revising, To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960

5. About the novel To Kill a Mockingbird was an immediate success
Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961
Voted best novel of the century by Library Journal in 1999

6. More About the Novel
1991 survey by the Library of Congress asked readers to rank books that had made a significant difference in their lives. TKAM ranked second after the Bible.
TKAM is the only novel Lee ever published
For more than 40 years, Lee has declined to comment on her novel, letting it speak for itself

7. Style Coming of Age Language
Lee chose a form of fiction that explicitly deals with the main characters growing up and maturing.  
Language
Lee employs colloquial language – esp. in the speech of the characters (dialogue) and in the descriptions of setting  

8. Style Cont. Narration Double-layered narration is used.
Beginning & End:
The older Scout explicitly tells the story at the outset of the novel and at its end. 
Middle:
In the middle, the story is told from the perspective of Scout as a child. 
However, there are points in the novel where the two narrators are almost telling the story at the same time.
Atticus: “Things are always better in the morning – Chapter 22

9. 1920s Culture What was hot in the 20s? Mahjong (title game)
The Charleston (sweet dances moves!)
Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Rudolph Valentino (actors)
Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, and F. Scott Fitzgerald (writers)
George Gershwin (music)

10. 1930s Culture What was hot in the 30s? Bingo (games)
Shirley Temple (actors)
The Lindy (dance crazy)
“Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” (music)
Gone With the Wind (movies)
“The Lone Ranger,” “Little Orphan Annie,” and “The Shadow” (tv shows)

11. Chillun - Southern pronunciation of the word children
Diction
Diction is a writer’s choice of words, phrases, sentence structures, and figurative language, which combine to help create meaning. Diction can be elevated, formal, informal, complex, lofty, idiomatic, etc. 
Slang
A very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language. 
Examples:
Chillun - Southern pronunciation of the word children
Jem's use of the words "yonder," "reckon," "breeches (britches)," "moseyin'," "naw: ("no"),

12. All Things Southern Southern Dialect that you may not know...
All-fired: extremely, very
Britches: pants or trousers
Knowed: variation of knew
Po': pronunciation of poor
Sho': pronunciation of sure
Tol'able: pronunciation of tolerable, meaning fair, or pretty good
Totin': pronunciation of toting, meaning carrying

13. All Things Southern Chillun -
Collards -
Crockersack-
Southern pronunciation of the word children
A variety of greens grown principally in the South
Originally a crocus sack: a burlap sack, named because the bulbs of crocus flowers were shipped in similar sacks.

14. Colloquial Expressions
A phrase that appears more often in spoken than in written language.
Colloquial expressions are similar to slang, but tend to be more universal, whereas slang can often be limited to a particular social group.
It is also characterized as more familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing.
Examples:
Bootleggers: people who make and/or sell illegal liquor
Holy-rollers: a member of a small religious sect that expresses devotion by shouting and moving around during worship services.
I aien't coming down… Suit yourself.
Note that "aien't" is very incorrect for "is not." Don't use it!
"Suit yourself" is an interesting way to say "Do what you want."

15. All Things Southern Rabbit Tobacco-
A nickname for balsamweed, a plant used as a tobacco substitute by children

16. All Things Southern
A Chifforobe is a piece of furniture that has drawer on one half and a hanging closet on the other half.

17. Quotes
Direct speech
Direct or quoted speech is a sentence (or several sentences) that reports speech or thought in its original form, as phrased by the first speaker.
It is usually enclosed in quotation marks. (“ ”)
Example:
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” ― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird (chapter 3)

18. Quotes
Atticus: "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." chapter 3
Atticus: "I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. – Chapter 11
Scout: "Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." -chapter 2
Scout: "I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks."  - Chapter 23
Judge Taylor: “People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.” – Chapter 17

19. Videos
To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes by Shmoop (2:55mins): Motifs: motifs/