Bot GPT 4-o mini Here are ten literary devices found in the first two chapters of "To Kill a Mockingbird" along with the corresponding quotes from those chapters:
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Imagery
- “The house was old, I never understood why it was not torn down.”
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Personification
- “Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired, old town.”
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Simile
- “It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.”
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Foreshadowing
- “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”
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Hyperbole
- “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.”
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Alliteration
- “...the ensuing contest to determine who could stay in the yard the longest.”
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Metaphor
- “Atticus was feeble; he was nearly fifty.”
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Dialogue
- “Scout, you are not going to school until you learn to read.”
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Symbolism
- “The Mockingbird... it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”
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Repetition
- "I’m not sure what to do.”
These devices contribute to the richness of Harper Lee's writing and help establish themes, character development, and the setting in the initial chapters of the novel.
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