Table of Contents
- 1 What literary device does Lee use in the sentence of Mr Finch?
- 2 What literary device is being used when Atticus refers to the chair?
- 3 What literary device does Lee use at the bottom of page 274 when Tate describes the dark night?
- 4 What theme does Lee reinforce with Mr Raymond conversation with Scout and Dill?
- 5 What literary devices are evident in this quote from Chapter 7 when I went back they were folded across the fence like they were Expectin me?
- 6 Is summer was Dill a metaphor?
What literary device does Lee use in the sentence of Mr Finch?
The meaning behind the expression is a hyperbole, or an exaggeration made for effect.
What literary device is being used when Atticus refers to the chair?
In this passage from Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird,Atticus Finch is justifying his defense of Tom Robinson to Link Deas, who has questioned Atticus’s motives on moral grounds. The language technique used in this passage is alliteration.
What literary device does Lee use at the bottom of page 274 when Tate describes the dark night?
Lee uses personification in the quote.
What type of literary device is used when Jem gets his pants back?
This is an example of personification. He took the pants and stitched them up, and then left them for Jem because he did not want Jem to get into trouble.
What type of literary device does Lee use when she describes Dill’s fascination with the Radley place?
In a later discussion about the Radley house, Scout mentions the following about Dill: …it drew him as the moon draws water. In using this simile, Scout is describing Dill’s overwhelming fascination with the Radley house.
What theme does Lee reinforce with Mr Raymond conversation with Scout and Dill?
To protect himself and his family, he portrays himself as a habitual drunkard. So, the conversation between Mr. Raymond and the children reveals the deep dysfunction within the southern societal context of Lee’s time. This is a very good question, hmart.
What literary devices are evident in this quote from Chapter 7 when I went back they were folded across the fence like they were Expectin me?
This is an example of personification. In this case, the quote can be interpreted as personification because the pants seem to be waiting for Jem to come back for them. What is actually happening here is that Boo Radley saw Jem’s pants and knew that he would come back to get them.
Is summer was Dill a metaphor?
Figurative language in the passage includes the use of metaphor, a comparison not using the words like or as. Scout says “summer was Dill.” She associates Dill so strongly with summer that the two seem the same to her. She then extends this metaphor by using imagery.
What type of literary device does Lee use when she describes Dill’s fascination with the Radley place in the following sentence from Chapter 1?