Group+4--Literary+Elements-Chapters+18-20

Group 4 Literay Elements 18-20 Taylor Happel, Kanisha Hutchinson, Sammy Hansel, Alex Allsup

Charactor Captin Mayella Ewell: lonely, unhappy Mr.Gilmer: Rude, unfair Mr. Link Deas: not prejudice, fair Dolphus Raymond: Curtious, independent -Kanisha Hutchinson

Literary Luminary (Sammy) Scary: page 194 talking about what happened Surprising: page 195 Mr. Deas standing up and defending Tom Thought provoking: page 183 asking Mayella questions Pivotal event: Page 199 Dill getting upset Confusing: page 197 lying?

Connector (Sammy)
 * 1) The Scottsboro trail. Tom Robinson being accused of something he didn’t do
 * 2) Ruby Bates- Mayella Ewell: lying about what happened/ not telling the whole truth
 * 3) Other trails when they put an innocent man in jail
 * 4) Typical high school with backstabbing and lying
 * 5) Prejudices with African Americans

Taylor Happel

Discussion Questions!

1. What was Atticus trying to prove when he was questioning Mayella Ewells?

He was trying to prove she is a pathological liar and doesn’t want her father to get in trouble so she blames Tom Robinson.

2. How old did Mayella say she was when Judge Taylor asked but then changed it to when Atticus asked?

She told Judge Taylor she was 19 ½ but she told Atticus she was only 19.

3. What did Mayella say Atticus was doing that made her mad?

Mocking and making fun of her.

4. What upset Dill so much he started to cry?

The way Mr. Gilmer was interrogating Tom Robinson. He didn’t get why he was nice to Mayella because she was his witness but then again he was rude and obnoxious to Tom because he wasn’t Mr. Gilmer’s witness.

5. What puzzled Jem when Tom stood up?

He was confused on how Tom could have raped her when he has no left arm.

6. What did Mayella admit to Atticus?

That she hated when her dad is constantly drunk.

7. What did Tom say that Mayella denied about seeing each other?

That she has asked him to help her many of times but she said that she has asked him only once and that was the night she accused him of raping her.

8. What did Atticus find out about Mayella when he asked her about her friends?

That she didn’t have any friends. She was a lonely lady and just wanted one friend and that was Tom until she turned on him.

9. What was Mr. Gilmer trying to get to when he was asking Tom if he was strong enough?

He was asking if he was strong enough to choke a woman and through her to the floor.

10. Who was sitting next to the children in the balcony?

Reverend Sykes.

Vocabulary (Alex M. Allsup)
 * Chapter 18 **


 * Arid (185), ****lacking interest or imaginativeness; sterile; jejune: an arid treatment of an exciting topic. (Adj) **
 *  Mollified (180), ** **to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease. (Verb) **
 *  Perpetual (183), ** **lasting an indefinitely long time: perpetual snow. (Adj) **
 *  Riled (184), ** **to irritate or vex. (verb) **
 *  Tedious (?) marked by tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey. (Adj) **


 * Chapter 19 **


 * Candid (198) ****honest; impartial: a candid mind. (Adj) **
 * Expunge (196), to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate. (Verb) **
 * Impudent (198), ** **Obsolete. Shameless or brazenly immodest. (AdJ) **
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Volition (192) the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing (Noun) **


 * <span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Chapter 20 **


 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Caliber(204), degree of merit or excellence; quality (Noun) **
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Detachment (202), freedom from prejudice or partiality. (Noun) **
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Discreet (200) showing prudence and circumspection; decorous (Adj) **
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Fraud (201) an act of deceiving or misrepresenting (Noun) **
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Indicted (202), to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (as a grand jury) in due form of law (Verb) **
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Iota (203), an infinitesimal amount (Noun) **
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Minute (203), the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds (Noun) **
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Pauper (205), a very poor person (Noun) **
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Perpetrated (201), to produce, perform, or execute (Verb) **
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Temerity (204), a rash or reckless act (Noun) **
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Unmitigated (204) being so definitely what is stated as to offer little chance of change or relief (Adj) **