To Kill A Mockingbird Quotation Analysis Practice
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Read the quotation in the left-hand column.
Answer the questions in the right-hand column in the space provided.
You will be required to a) share your answers, b) complete the practice analysis
outlines, with a topic sentence, two points and support for each point, and a concluding
sentence, and c) complete one good copy of a quotation analysis.
"Forgot to tell you the other day
that besides playing the Jew's
Harp, Atticus Finch was the
deadest shot in Maycomb County
in his time." (102)
i) What is revealed about character?
ii) Does the reader gain insight into the main plot/conflict of the novel?
Speaker:
Person spoken to:
iii) Is foreshadowing present? Is irony present (see definition of
dramatic irony)? Is a significant mood present? Does recurrent or
relevant imagery emerge? Explain.
Circumstance:
iv) How does the narrator/speaker(s) reveal theme?
v) Write a topic sentence for the quotation (i.e., to introduce your
discussion of it).
"I said come here, _____, and
bust up this chiffarobe for me; I
gotta nickel for you."
i) What is revealed about character?
ii) Does the reader gain insight into the main plot/conflict of the novel?
Speaker:
Person spoken to:
iii) Is foreshadowing present? Is irony present (see definition of
dramatic irony)? Is a significant mood present? Does recurrent or
relevant imagery emerge? Explain.
Circumstance:
iv) How does the narrator/speaker(s) reveal theme?
v) Write a topic sentence for the quotation (i.e., to introduce your
discussion of it).
To Kill A Mockingbird Quotation Analysis Practice
"...every lawyer gets at least one
case in his lifetime that affects
him personally. This one's
mine...Try fighting with your
head for a change."
Speaker:
Person spoken to:
i) What is revealed about character?
ii) Does the reader gain insight into the main plot/conflict of the novel?
iii) Is foreshadowing present? Is irony present (see definition of
dramatic irony)? Is a significant mood present? Does recurrent or
relevant imagery emerge? Explain.
Circumstance:
iv) How does the narrator/speaker(s) reveal theme?
v) Write a topic sentence for the quotation (i.e., to introduce your
discussion of it).
"I wanted you to see something
about her – I wanted you to see
what real courage is."
Speaker:
Person spoken to:
i) What is revealed about character?
ii) Does the reader gain insight into the main plot/conflict of the novel?
iii) Is foreshadowing present? Is irony present (see definition of
dramatic irony)? Is a significant mood present? Does recurrent or
relevant imagery emerge? Explain.
Circumstance:
iv) How does the narrator/speaker(s) reveal theme?
v) Write a topic sentence for the quotation (i.e., to introduce your
discussion of it).
"Only one thing I worried about
last night was all the danger and
commotion it caused.
This
whole neighborhood could have
gone up. Mr. Avery'll be in bed
for a week – he's right stove up."
i) What is revealed about character?
Speaker:
iii) Is foreshadowing present? Is irony present (see definition of
dramatic irony)? Is a significant mood present? Does recurrent or
relevant imagery emerge? Explain.
ii) Does the reader gain insight into the main plot/conflict of the novel?
Person spoken to:
Circumstance:
iv) How does the narrator/speaker(s) reveal theme?
v) Write a topic sentence for the quotation (i.e., to introduce your
discussion of it).