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Ninth Grade Literature and Composition Unit 3 Exam Study Guide
INSTRUCTIONS: In order to help you prepare for your Unit 3 Exam on Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, including analysis of characters, plot,
literary devices, motifs, themes, etc., complete this study guide. (Note that the exam will also include two passages, one poem and one speech. You
will read each of them, and then utilize the skills that you have developed in order to analyze them.) Use your notes, classroom assignments,
textbook, copy of TKAM, etc., to find the information that you need. Be sure to actually STUDY this study guide prior to the exam.
Part One: TKAM Characters
1. Describe Scout, including how her character develops over the
course of the text:
2. Describe Jem, including how his character develops over the
course of the text:
16. Describe Boo Radley, including how the mockingbird symbolizes
his character:
Part Two: TKAM Plot Events and Details
17. Describe the setting of TKAM, including the time period:
3. Describe Atticus, including how his character develops over the
course of the text:
18. Describe the relationship between Scout, Jem and Dill, including
the games they played, how they grew up together, and how they
grew a part:
4. Describe Dill, including how his character develops over the
course of the text:
19. Describe the Radley family, including the different opinions of
them and the rumors about them:
5. Describe Calpurnia, including her role in the Finches’ lives:
20. Describe the items found in the tree knothole, and what that
reveals about Boo’s attitude toward Scout and Jem:
6. Describe Miss Maudie, including her role in the Finches’ lives:
21. Describe the Finch family Christmas, including where it is
celebrated and who it is celebrated with:
7. Describe Mrs. Dubose, including how she represents the motif of
“courage” in the text:
22. Explain the events of Miss Maudie’s house fire:
8. Describe Heck Tate, including his role in Maycomb:
23. Describe the mad dog scene from the text:
9. Describe Aunt Alexandra, including her role in the Finches’ lives:
24. Explain Jem and Scout’s experience at Calpurnia’s church:
10. Describe Bob Ewell, including his reputation and behavior:
25. Explain a lynch mob/lynching, as well as the scene where Scout
prevents the lynching of Tom Robinson:
11. Describe Judge John Taylor, including his role at the trial:
26. Explain the importance of Heck Tate’s testimony at the trial:
12. Describe Mayella Ewell, including her role in the trial:
13. Describe Mr. Cunningham, including the ways of his family and
his role in the lynch mob scene:
27. Describe Bob Ewell’s testimony at the trial of Tom Robinson,
including what Atticus had him reveal at the end:
28. Describe Mayella Ewell’s testimony at the trial of Tom Robinson:
14. Describe Dolphus Raymond, including his reputation and what
Scout learns is the truth:
15. Describe Tom Robinson, including how the mockingbird
symbolizes his character:
29. Describe Tom Robinson’s testimony at his trial:
30. Describe the Bob Ewell’s attack of Jem and Scout, and how Boo
Radley saved them:
31. Identify the climax of TKAM:
Part Four: Literary Devices and Rhetorical Devices
40. Define alliteration:
32. Identify the resolution of TKAM:
Provide an example of alliteration:
Part Three: Literary Devices and Deeper Meaning of TKAM
33. Define point of view:
Identify the point of view of TKAM:
34. Define flashback:
Explain how Harper Lee employs flashback in TKAM:
35. Define foreshadowing:
Explain how Harper Lee employs foreshadowing in TKAM:
36. Define imagery:
Provide an example of imagery from TKAM:
37. Define internal conflict:
Explain how Atticus experiences an internal conflict:
Explain how Aunt Alexandra experiences an internal
conflict:
41. Define allusion:
Provide an example of an allusion:
42. Define assonance:
Provide an example of connotation:
43. Define dialect:
Provide an example of dialect:
44. Define hyperbole:
Provide an example of a hyperbole:
45. Define mood:
Provide an example of a mood from a work of literature:
46. Define onomatopoeia:
Provide an example of onomatopoeia:
Explain how Jem experiences an internal conflict:
38. Define motif:
Explain the development of the “loss of innocence” motif:
Explain the development of the “prejudice”/“racism” motif:
Explain the development of the “courage” motif:
39. Define theme:
47. Define repetition:
Provide an example of repetition from Dr. King’s “I Have a
Dream” speech:
48. Define rhyme scheme:
Provide an example of a rhyme:
Note: Rhyme schemes are indicated by letters, such as
“ababa.” Look on page 689 for a good example.
49. Define simile:
Determine and analyze at least one theme of TKAM:
Provide an example of a simile: