1. To Kill A Mockingbird
Harper Lee

2. Summary
A southern lawyer defends a black man accused of raping a white woman. He tries to teach his children and their friends about the proceedings, but the town has other ideas of how things should be judged.
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3. To Kill A Mockingbird Folder
Three prong folder or binder with pockets
Paper
Pencil and/or pen
Crayons, markers, and/or colored pencils
Creativity

4. Table of Content Page Author Information 1 Introduction 2
Unidentifiable Words
Questions
Scout Finch
Jem Finch
Atticus Finch
Boo Radley
Miss Maudie
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5. Table of Content continued
Tom Robinson
Bob Ewell
Mayella Ewell
Aunt Alexandra
Dill
Judge Taylor
Mr. Gilmore
Calpurnia
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6. Table of Content continued
Literary Terms
Point of View
Characterization
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion
Colloquialism
Hyperbole
Paradox
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7. Table of Contents continued
Idiom
Satire
Irony
Personification
Parallel
Parallels in the Two Plots
Study Guides
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8. Harper Lee Born Nelle Harper Lee
April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama
Parents: Amasa Coleman and Frances (Finch) Lee
Attended the University of Alabama
1947 enrolled in University of Alabama Law School
Attended Oxford University in England as exchange student
Moved to New York City in 1950
Worked as reservation clerk for Eastern Air Lines and British Overseas Airways.
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9. Quit her job and penned the first draft of To Kill A Mockingbird
In 1957, she submitted the manuscript to a publishing house.
Spent two years revising manuscript
Became friends with Truman Capote
Won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1961
Sold 500,000 copies in 10 languages
Never wrote another novel
Still lives in Alabama
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10. Parallel in the Two Plots
Part One
Part Two
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11. Compilation Sheets
You will be compiling information on each character as we read each chapter
Your daily homework will be to update your character compilations.
One sheet per character.
As you read, you should update each character’s sheet as he/she is mentioned.
Example of page setup is on the next slide.

12. Scout Finch Physical description Hobbies Extra notes Add a picture
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13. Point of View
The perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told. Three commonly used points of view are first person, omniscient third person, and limited third person.

14. Characterization
The process by which authors create memorable characters. The two major methods are:
Direct characterization: the author tells what the character is like and what he does.
Indirect characterization: A writer reveals a character’s personality through his or her appearance, words, actions, and effect on others.

15. Simile
A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas.
Good as gold
Spread like wildfire

16. Metaphor
A figure of speech where something is described as though it were something else.

17. Allusion
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.

18. Colloquialism
Characteristic of or suitable to the informal language of ordinary conversation or writing.

19. Hyperbole
Deliberate exaggeration in writing or speaking, used to create and effect.

20. Paradox
A statement that seems to contradict common belief but may nevertheless be true.

21. Idiom
The dialect or language characteristic of a certain group, class, trade, or region.

22. Satire
The use of sarcasm, irony, or wit in ridiculing and denouncing abuses, follies, customs, etc.

23. Irony
A condition of affairs or events exactly the reverse of what was expected or hoped for.

24. Personification
A type of figurative language where a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

25. Parallel
Displaying the same pattern or course.