David Spence Ms.Balton English 1 Honor’s 13 March 2014 Courage (TKAMB) What is courage? Courage is the ability to conquer fear or despair or to be brave. In the novel‚ “To Kill a Mocking Bird”‚ by Harper Lee‚ courage is shown throughout book. While not all characters seemed to be courageous‚ one can easily separate the frivolous entities from the immoral ones. Although many characters exhibit this trait‚ Jem‚ Authur Radley‚ and Atticus were the most potent. Jem represents the idea of
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Introduction to Physical Geography Homework: Chapter 15 Key Terms and Concepts (1-24) 1. Denudation is the total effect of all actions (weathering‚ mass wasting‚ and erosion) that lower the surface of the continents. 2. Weathering- the physical and chemical disintegration of rock that is exposed to the atmosphere. Mass-wasting- the short-distance down slope movement of weathered rock under the direct influence of gravity; also called mass movement. Erosion- detachment‚ removal‚ and transportation
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Lees classic novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ remains relevant despite its age and deserves a place in the English curriculum of modern Australian classrooms. Beyond being a classic in American literature‚ To Kill a Mockingbird is a well written story through which teachers are able to educate students to be sensitive about racial terms‚ allusions and other literary devices. Although the book was set in the 1930’s and published in the 1960‘s‚ the age of To Kill a Mockingbird does not affect the life
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Chapter 15 FRQ Thesis Statements 1. In shaping the course of the Thirty Years’ War‚ the relative importance was influenced both by religious rivalries such as the threats proposed between Calvinism and Catholicism‚ and dynastic ambitions like the desire to confront the threats of the growing Hapsburg power and the vision to expand one’s own power within the empire. a. Threat to Calvinism: (1) The Peace of Augsburg excluded Calvinism= sparked tension (2) When Ferdinand succeed the throne he
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Mockingbird: The mockingbird represents innocence. Like hunters who kill mockingbirds for sport‚ people kill innocence‚ or other people who are innocent‚ without thinking about what they are doing. Atticus stands firm in his defense of innocence and urges his children not to shoot mockingbirds both literally and figuratively. The mockingbird motif arises four times during To Kill a Mockingbird. First‚ when Atticus gives Jem and Scout air guns for Christmas and instructs them not to kill mockingbirds
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Chapter 11 of To Kill a Mockingbird Vocab: 1. umbrage: (noun) pg. 136 offense or annoyance 2. propensities (noun) pg. 144 inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way Quotes: 1. “I wanted you to see what real courage is‚ instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. Courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what” (149). ** This quote is said by Atticus to Jem. It shows how wise
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Emily Akins Mrs. Green Freshman Honors 2 24 August 2012 To Kill a Mockingbird Questions Chapter 1: 1a- Pride in ancestry and tradition * “Tired old town”. Page 9 1b- Pride in conformity and distrust of those who are different * “Maycomb county had recently been told it had nothing to fear but fear itself”. Page 10 1c: Awareness of difference in social classes. * “Nothing to buy and no money to buy with it”. Page 10os 1d- Narrow span of interest and almost no interest
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Essay Test: To Kill a Mockingbird You will write TWO short essays answers to your choice of TWO of the following questions. Each answer should be 1-2 paragraphs long only- these are not full essays. Before you begin‚ locate the two questions for which you have prepared. Delete all other options. You now have your own personalized version of this test. Criteria: * Be sure to reference the book (with a quotation or giving a detailed description of a specific scene) 1-2 times for each
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Very few authors able to introduce real life themes like Harper Lee. The Los Angeles Times calls Lees Pulitzer Prize winning novel‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ “Memorable… Vivid… a gentle persuasive‚ humor and a glowing goodness.” This is entirely true because Lee is able to introduce various conflicts that happen in present time. In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Lee denounces prejudice and racist people. Lee tries to open humanities eyes so it won’t make the same mistakes it made
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To Kill a Mockingbird Differentiated Unit Essential Questions: How are biases of all kinds harmful? Can prejudice ever NOT exist? Are people entitled to opinions that may harm others? What is courage? What is justice? Learning Goals and Understandings: • Students will consider the questions‚ what is good and right and how do we decide that that? • Students will learn to identify and apply the following literary terms: point of view‚ characterization‚ setting‚ and theme • Students will evaluate how
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