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TKAM Annotations Chart - Round Robin Name: Anastasia Bruorton
Harper Lee uses rhetoric and various language styles in her novel To Kill a
Mockingbird. She created characters such as Atticus, who mostly speaks in a formal
tone and uses rhetoric towards his children, people throughout the community, and
the jury in the courtroom. Harper created a 6-year-old narrator that uses many styles
of language as she speaks to her father (Atticus), her brother (Jem), her housemaid
(Calpurnia or Cal), her fiance’ (Dill), and neighbors.
Language styles created by authors:

Rhetorical Appeals: the language authors, speakers, or ANYONE uses to make an
impression or persuade others. Rhetoric is considered the art of persuasion.
1. Ethos - speaker’s ability to establish himself as credible or an expert on the
matter
2. Pathos - speaker’s ability to appeal to the emotions of the listeners/audience. (a
“play” on emotions)
3. Logos - speaker’s ability to use logic, reason, facts, statistics to prove his/her
point

Rhetoric can also be in the form of literary devices: allusions, irony, imagery, simile,
metaphor, hyperbole, oxymoron, parallelism, repetition, personification, and more!

Style: formal language vs. informal language: everyone switches up how they use
language depending on where they are or who they’re with. The language we use
depends on our circumstances. Author’s switch up the type of language they use
when they write.
1. Informal language - personal or slang language that we use with someone we
know very well. We use personal pronouns and contractions when we speak to
family or friends. Uses active voice.
2. Formal language - professional and business-like language we use with people
we don’t know. Uses passive voice and higher level words.
3. Objective tone - States the facts or what was heard, seen, or said; no opinions.
Can sometimes be used with formal language
4. Subjective tone - speaks using opinions; usually associated with informal
language

Allusions: when authors refer to famous people, characters, stories, myths, to
emphasize their point. Lee Harper uses a lot of unfamiliar allusions in TKAM.

Fallacious reasoning/fallacies: a deceptive or misleading statement. A fallacious
argument can fool human reasoning.

Rhetorical Devices
Required Character Quote from character Type of What effect did it have on the
chapter (label formal or informal) Rhetoric situation?
1 Jem Dill blushed and Imagery This makes it to wear

Jem told me to hush, scout s quiet and dill is

a sure sign that dill thankful for Jem's action
had been studied
and found
acceptable
Page #8 /Informal

2 Jem’s nose wrinkled. Metaphor It made the situation

“Are we as poor as because they were talking

Jem the Cunninghams?” about money with their
/informal dad
Page #23
3 He gave a short Personifica This made the teacher feel

contemptuous snort. tion disrespected and mad

/informal

Ewell
Page #30
4 Mrs. Dubose was the hyperbole This tells us about the

meanest old women neighbors

Scout who ever
lived/informal

Page #39
5 She was a widow, a imagery This is showing that scout

chameleon lady who cares about her because

worked in her flower she gives us a lot of
beds in an old straw description and scout
scout hat and men’s knows her well
Page #47 coveralls./formal
We strolled silently imagery This gives the page a

6 down the sidewalk, peaceful/creepy vibe

listening to the
porch swings
creaking with the
scout weight of the
neighborhood,

Page #57
listening to the soft
night-murmurs of
the gown people on

our street./formal
Required Character Quote from character Type of What effect did it have on the
chapter (label formal or informal) Rhetoric situation?
Atticus told me to delete oxymoron This is giving scout good

7 the adjectives and I’d advice
atticus have the facts/formal

Page #67
jem “Mr. Avery sort of metaphor This is mocking Mr. Avery
8 shaped like a snowman,
ain't he?”/informal

Page #76
scout My father looked at me personificatio This makes Attusis seem to be
mildly, amusement in his n happy
eyes
9

Page #86
Scout “Tim Johnson was Metaphor This makes this section more
advancing at a snail’s dramatic
pace’’/informal
10

Page #108
Scout “Jem, having survived Exaggeration This makes boo sound scarier
Boo Radley”/informal

11

Page #115
Scout “Music again swelled This makes the section seem

around us” Personificatio more magical
n
12

Page #138

Examples of Fallacious Reasonings
Chapter Character Fallacy Used What effect did it have?
13
Alexandra “Didn’t your father tell This shows that Jem and
you?” scout did not know their aunt
13 Fallacy used: Loaded was coming to visit
question

Page
#144
Scout “Although we heard no This makes it seem like their

more about the Finch aunt is wrong because she
14 family form Aunt did not tell them about the
Alexandra, we heard finches
plenty from the town”
Page Fallacy used: Fallacy
#153 association

Scout “Two reasons: Death This makes the section more

15 and Politics” serious
Fallacy used:
Black/white; Either/or

Page
#165
Scout “Jem took me to his This makes scout not think

room and put me in bed about her problems and go
16 beside him”try to go to to sleep
sleep,” he said,”it'llbe
over tomorrow, maybe.”
Fallacy used: Red
Page Herring
#177

Jem “Jem i sid are those the This makes the setting to
the Ewells sitting down were they are more
17 yonder” “ hush” suspenseful
Fallacy used: Red
herring
Page 189
Allusions (use the Allusions Survival Guide to help you )

Chapter Character What allusion did they use? How did it affect the meaning or tone?
&
Page #
Mr.Gilmer “On the porch, which This makes Mr. Gilmer seem
porch ain’t but one mean and rude
18 porch”
Fallacy used;
204 Black/white either/or

Atticus “Tom, what happened This makes the story more

19 to you on the evening intense
of November
twenty-first of last year”
219 Fallacy used: Appeal to
ignorance

Atticus “Sh-h. nothing new, just This makes them listen

the usual hush now ”
20 Fallacy used: Appeal to
Author
230

Mr. Tate “This court will come to This catches the attention and
order” kinda mocked him
21 Fallacy used: Ad
Hominem
240

Miss Maudie “Don't you oh well me This makes miss Maudie seem
sir” sassy because she just told him
22 Fallacy used: Straw
Man

246

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TKAM Annotations Chart - Round Robin Name: Anastasia Bruorton

Language styles created by authors:

1 Jem Dill blushed and Imagery This makes it to wear

2 Jem’s nose wrinkled. Metaphor It made the situation

3 He gave a short Personifica This made the teacher feel

4 Mrs. Dubose was the hyperbole This tells us about the

5 She was a widow, a imagery This is showing that scout

We strolled silently imagery This gives the page a

the gown people on

Atticus told me to delete oxymoron This is giving scout good

Scout “Music again swelled This makes the section seem

Scout “Although we heard no This makes it seem like their

Scout “Two reasons: Death This makes the section more

Scout “Jem took me to his This makes scout not think

Allusions (use the Allusions Survival Guide to help you )

Atticus “Tom, what happened This makes the story more

Atticus “Sh-h. nothing new, just This makes them listen

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TKAM Annotations Chart - Round Robin Name: Anastasia Bruorton

Language styles created by authors:

1 Jem Dill blushed and Imagery This makes it to wear

2 Jem’s nose wrinkled. Metaphor It made the situation

3 He gave a short Personifica This made the teacher feel

4 Mrs. Dubose was the hyperbole This tells us about the

5 She was a widow, a imagery This is showing that scout

We strolled silently imagery This gives the page a

the gown people on

Atticus told me to delete oxymoron This is giving scout good

Scout “Music again swelled This makes the section seem

Scout “Although we heard no This makes it seem like their

Scout “Two reasons: Death This makes the section more

Scout “Jem took me to his This makes scout not think

Allusions (use the ​Allusions Survival Guide​ to help you )

Atticus “Tom, what happened This makes the story more

Atticus “Sh-h. nothing new, just This makes them listen

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Allusions (use the Allusions Survival Guide to help you )