... ' behavior changes when he is in the presence of Aunt Alexandra. In chapter 2, Scout goes to school for the first time. Scout's first grade teacher, Miss Caroline, calls on her to read the alphabet, which she does easily. Miss Caroline then asks Scout to read most of "My First Reader" and quotes from "The Mobile Register." Scout reads these things with ... ease, which irritates Miss Caroline. Miss Caroline then tells Scout to tell her father "not to teach me anymore, it would interfere with my reading" (Lee 17). Scout doesn ... . This story shows how incorrect someone's social identity c...

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• Grade Level: High School

The extract from the opening chapter of "To Kill a Mockingbird", by Harper Lee is extremely descriptive which helped the novel receive its award of gratification. In order to create this descriptive language, Harper Lee used different distinctive features of language including colloquial and formal language and simile. These features of language all contributed in creating the descriptive passage. ... bones", "-Miss Rachel's rat terrier was expecting-", "I couldn't behave-, "..her hand was wide as a bed slat and twice as hard.." and "..I wasn't ready to come." These quotes taken from the "T...

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