To Kill A Mockingbird: Figurative Language (Chapter 12 and 13) – Flashcards
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"She had put so much starch in my dress it came up like a tent when I sat down."
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Metaphor Meaning it went up and floated outwards.
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"The church was becoming stuffy, and it occured to me that Reverend Skyes intended to sweat the amount due out of his flock."
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Metaphor Meaning he planned to wait all day in excrutiating heat until they got all the money.
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"Calpurnia, in her navy voile dress and tub of a hat, walked between Jem and me."
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Metaphor Meaning she had a big hat on that day.
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"Aunt Alexandra was sitting on a rocking chair exactly as if she had sat there every day of her life."
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Metaphor Meaning she was very comfortable in her chair in their house.
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"Aunty better watch how she talks-scratch most folks in Maycomb and they're kin to us."
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Hyperbole I'm sure some of the folks were related to the Finch's, but not "most folks".
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"In the beginning its buildings were solid, its courthouse proud, its streets graciously wide."
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Personification A courthouse can't be "proud".
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"Occasionsally someone would return from Montgomery or Mobile with an outsider, but the result caused only a ripple in the quiet stream of family resemblance."
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Metaphor Meaning it caused an upset.
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"Aunt Alexandra fitted into the world of Maycomb like a hand into a glove, but never into the world of Jem and me."
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Simile Meaning she fit in greatly with the Maycomb folk.
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"Aunt Alexandra was standing stiff as a stork."
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Simile Meaning Aunt Alexandra was very stiff and straight.
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"The blood in my legs began to flow again, and I raised my head."
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Hyperbole The blood really didn't stop flowing through her legs.
