Friday, July 1, 2016

What literary devices can be found in Chapters 12-19 of To Kill a Mockingbird?

is littered with literary devices. Finding a , , oris as easy as
opening any page of the book and pointing to nearly any paragraph. Lee is a masterful writer who
uses many literary devices throughout the book. One literary device found in , which is more
described than used, is the political cartoon showingchained to a desk, with bare feet, and
wearing short pants while girls holler at him. The cartoon itself uses .
Satire pokes fun at important issues while
also criticizing certain aspects of it. For example, this cartoon makes fun of Atticus who is
chained to his work while missing out on the fun parts of life.

There is also
a passage in chapter 12 that uses many devices in just a couple of sentences and it is when Lula
is described by , as follows:

"Her weight was on one
leg; she rested her left elbow on the curve of her hip, pointing at us with upturned palm. She
was bullet-headed with strange almond-shaped eyes,...


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