In To Kill a Mockingbird, what did Atticus mean when he told Scout to delete the adjective and she would have the facts?

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,assuresthat the older she gets, the better school becomes. Scout then elaborates on Jem's
extravagant explanations of what he is learning in the sixth grade. She humorously describes
Jem's "Egyptian Period," where he attempts to walk with a rigid posture like the
Egyptians depicted in hieroglyphics. Jem tells Scout that Egyptians actually walked that way and
were amazingly able to accomplish more than Americans ever did. He also tells her that the
Ancient Egyptians invented toilet paper and perpetual embalming. When Scout consults her father
about Jem's explanations, he tells her that if she were to delete the adjectives, she would have
the facts. 's comment is anused to describe Jem's exaggerations and fantastical ideas. He is
essentially telling Scout not to believe everything Jem says regarding the Egyptians, because he
has a big imagination and a tendency to exaggerate.