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Topic sentence - where does it occur?
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first sentence
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Summarizing or concluding sentence - where?
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the end
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Transition word
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word that goes between sentences
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speaker
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like the narrator
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paraphrase
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restate in your own words
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ballad
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song or poem that tells a story
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simile
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comparision using like or as
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metaphor
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direct comparison of unlike things
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personification
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human like qualities given to objects or ideas
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symbol
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has concrete meaning & represents something
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rhythm
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succession of sounds
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meter
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the beat in a line of poetry (synonym of rhythm)
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onomatopoeia
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words that include sounds
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alliteration
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repetition of begining sounds
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narrative poetry
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poems that tell stories
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heroic couplet
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verse consisting of two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter
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assonance
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resemblance of sound especially of the vowel sounds
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consonance
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close correspondance of sounds
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lyric
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two line expresses intense personal emotion - singing
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sonnet
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14 line verse
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quatrain
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stanza of 4 lines - Shakesperian sonnets are 3 quatrains and 1 couplet
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iambic
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common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with 5 feet or accents
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Shakespearean sonnet
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sonnet that uses
ABAB CDCDEFEF |
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pentameter
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line of verse consisting of 5 metrical feet
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octave
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stanzas with 8 lines
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verse
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single metrical line in a poetic composition
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rhyme
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words that have same ending sounds
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meter
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the beat in a line of poetry
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extended metaphor
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a metaphor that is extended through a stanza or entire poem often by multiple comparisions of unlike objects
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The "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost is written in
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iambic pentameter
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robert frost is a freak and ONLY rights in IAMIC PENTAMETER!
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the speaker in the "Mending Wall" thinks that his neighbor is trapped by his father's tradition and that walls are not always needed
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Hi!
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"It is the star to every wand'ring bark." Is an example of
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metaphor
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From the sonnet, know that love does not diminish with time
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hi!
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know the format of a Shakespearean sonnet
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ABAC CDCDEFEF
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"You wet brown bag of a woman" is an example of
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metaphor
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Shakespeare born...
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April 23, 1564
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What does Romeo mean when he says "Arise, fair sun and kill the envious moon."
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Where was Shakespeare born?
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Stratford Upon Avon
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just think of him as unbelievably smart and stratford sounds like standford..and he went UPON avon for ava
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Name two of Shakespeare's jobs
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writer & actor
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what were the standing spectators called?
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groundlings
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what was the cause of Romeo & Juliet's misfortune?
a) fate b) bad decisions c) Paris d) Nurse |
fate
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Mercutio's Queen Mab speech is an example of
a) monologue b) dialogue c) aside d) soliloquy |
monologue
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Friar Laurence's speech about herbs (alone on stage)is a...
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soliloquy
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where its his own thoughts...its SILLY which sounds like the world SOLILOQUY
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What did Queen Mab bring at night or when people slept?
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dreams
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what genre (kind of writing) is Romeo & Juliet?
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tragedy
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when did Shakespear die?
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1616
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who prepares the audience for the play?
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chorus
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who fights Benvolio at the play's beginning?
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Tybalt
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when did the feud between the two families begin?
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it doesn't say
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Who does Romeo kill?
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Tybalt & Paris
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Why does Capulet tell Paris "no" to marrying Juliet initially?
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she is too young
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who does Tybalt sla\y or kill?
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Mercutio
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From whom does Romeo buy his poison?
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the Apothecary
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the apothecary is the chil spot like oso jack...and poison is like weed or something..
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Where is the play set?
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Verona, Italy
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What does the Nurse tell Juliet to do after Romeo is banished, which forces her to confide in Friar Laurence?
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to marry Paris
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Name three reasons why Juliet is fearful of taking the poison
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1) she doesn't want to die
2) Romeo might not come 3) she might not see Romeo |
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Who said? "Oh, I am slain! If thou be merciful/ Open the tomb lay me with Juliet"?
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Paris
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ok when i look at this i think romeo but just think the next guy in line..which is paris and hes tryin to win her also
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Why does Romeo not get the message?
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The Friar is held up by disease (the plague)
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"Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health"
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Romeo
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"A plague o' both your houses"
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Mercutio
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Mercutio is a catalian owner..so he talks so fishy like that
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"He jests at scars that never felt a wound"
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Romeo
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hes admiring the soldiers..the main character is
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"My only love, sprung from my only hate!"
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Juliet
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"And in this state she gallops night by night/ Through lovers' brains, and they dream of love."
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Mercutio
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the watcher..who thinks its so cute and romantic ...
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"But woo her, gentle Paris, get heart; My will to her consent is but a part."
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Capulet
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its like her only quote
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"I beg for justice, which thou, Prince, must give./ Romeo slew Tybalt; Romeo must not live."
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Lady Capulet
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"Romeo, the love I bear thee can affortd/ No better term than this; thou art a villain."
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Tybalt
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Tybalt is the bad guy and in the quote it says villian..so just think of tybalt
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"With baleful weeds and precous-juiced flowers./The earth that's nature's mother is her tomb,/What is her buyring grave, that is her womb."
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Friar Laurence
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FFFFFFFFFriar the FFFFFFFreak is talkin all weird and naturey and weedey..
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"Thus with a kiss I die."
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Romeo
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"Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast."
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Friar Laurence
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFriar is a FFFFFFFFFFreak and if you read it..u realize it doesnt make sence..he has no idea what hes talking about
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"The law, that threatened death, becomes thy friend/And turns it to exile."
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Friar Laurence
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FREAKY FRIAR...is at it again...hes talkin how death can be your friend...WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"O serpent heart, hid with a flow'ring face!/Did the dragon keep so fair a cave?/Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!"
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Juliet
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shes talking about dragons and in movies the main girl is the one stuck in a castle with a dragon and Juliet is the main girl in this story
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"I think it best you marry with the County./O he's a lovely gentlemant."
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Nurse
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"Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,/having some business, do entreat her eyes/To twinkle in their spheres till they return."
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Romeo
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hes being romantic
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"If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep,/my dreams presage some joyful news at hand."
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Romeo
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Where is the story set in TKAM?
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Maycomb, Alabama
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hick- in da old city of MAYCUM cuz the book is so gay it cums..in alabama
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In which decade does the story occur
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1930's
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Who is the author?
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Harper Lee
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Who is the most open-minded woman in the neighborhood?
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Miss Maudie
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What is Maycomb's usual disease?
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Racism
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Which neighborhood woman didi Atticus think was courageous?
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Mrs. Dubose
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Why did Atticus think this?
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She fought a morphine addiction
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Why does Atticus believe that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird?
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because they don't do anything but make people happy with their lovely sounds
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Why is Dophus Raymond considered unusual besides the fact that he pretends to be a drunk?
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he is married to a black woman
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What do Atticus' questions to Bob Ewell, Mayella Ewell and Tom Robinson make clear?
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that Bob Ewell beat his daughter
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When Tom said that he felt sorry for Mayella, he knew that he had made a mistake. What was his mistake?
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black people don't feel sorry for white people
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What "bill" were white people going to pay according to Atticus? That black people would...
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rebel
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Bob Ewell died because he ??? according to Heck Tate.
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had an accident
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During what period in history does the story take place?
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the great depression
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Social prejudice, gender issues and justice vs. injustice all play a part in the story
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hi!
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how does Boo see the children?
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through his window & as his own
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Racial prejudice, coming of age and the need to understand those different from ouselves are all ??? in the story.
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themes
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???? and ???? are the story's mockingbirds.
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Tom Robinson
Boo Radley |
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grudge
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deep dislike
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enmity
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hatred
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augment
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to increase
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effeminate
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womanly
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beseech
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beg
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When Tom said that he felt sorry for Mayella, he knew that he had made a mistake. What was his mistake?
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black people don't feel sorry for white people
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What "bill" were white people going to pay according to Atticus? That black people would...
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rebel
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Bob Ewell died because he ??? according to Heck Tate.
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had an accident
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During what period in history does the story take place?
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the great depression
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Social prejudice, gender issues and justice vs. injustice all play a part in the story
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hi!
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Which neighborhood woman didi Atticus think was courageous?
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Mrs. Dubose
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Why did Atticus think this?
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She fought a morphine addiction
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Why does Atticus believe that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird?
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because they don't do anything but make people happy with their lovely sounds
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Why is Dophus Raymond considered unusual besides the fact that he pretends to be a drunk?
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he is married to a black woman
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What do Atticus' questions to Bob Ewell, Mayella Ewell and Tom Robinson make clear?
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that Bob Ewell beat his daughter
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