TKaM Review

Front

Figurative Language: In spite of our warnings and explanations, the Radley House drew him in as the moon draws water.

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Simile

Front

Figurative Language: Mr. Conner said they cussed so loud he was sure every lady in Maycomb heard them.

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Hyperbole

Front

Figurative Language: Everything on the Radley Place was poison having slipped Jem’s memory.

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Metaphor

Front

Figurative Language: If she found a blade of nut grass in her yard, it was like the Second Battle of the Mame.

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Allusion

Front

Figurative Language: The fire truck from Abbottsville screamed around the curve and stopped in front of our house.

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Personification

Front

Figurative Language: Tinfoil was sticking in a knot-hole just above my eye level, winking at me in the afternoon sun.

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Personification

Front

Figurative Language: How’d you feel if you’d been shut up for a hundred years with nothin’ but cats to eat?

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Hyperbole

Front

Figurative Language: Jem waved my words away as if fanning gnats.

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Simile

Front

Figurative Language: The Cunninghams are country folks, farmers, and the crash hit them the hardest.

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Allusion

Front

Figurative Language: The night-crawlers had retired, but ripe chinaberries drummed on the room when the wind stirred.

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Personification