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To Kill a Mockingbird
Student Survival Guide
Welcome!
If you're here, chances are you're reading Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. There's also a good chance that you've been assigned to read the novel by your English teacher. It's a terrific book, but you may have found some words, allusions, or idioms that are unfamiliar to you. Hopefully, this website can help!
This website has been set up to be an annotation to the text of the novel ("annotations" are notes that explain things). As you travel through the site, you'll find more than 400 annotations to help you get more out of your reading. Many of the annotations contain links to pictures or other websites to further help you in understanding your reading. Click away, learn, and have fun!
How to Use This Site
Click on any one of the chapter links. There you'll first find a short synopsis of the chapter. You'll also find phrases and sentences from the book that contain words that you may have had trouble understanding. Click on any of the highlighted words, and you'll be taken to a glossary page where you'll be able to find the word's definition. Be sure to scroll through the entire chapter page -- you'll also find help with allusions (references to various people, things, historical events, geographical locations, etc.) and idioms(expressions).
Before, during, and after your journey through the book, you might want to check out the background and links page to help you better understand your reading.
You can also view the entire vocabulary, allusions, or idioms list by clicking on your choice below. You can use the "find" feature on your browser to search for a particular word or phrase.
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Last modified: July 27, 1998
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Written, produced, slaved and agonized over by Nancy Louise Rutherford. Special help provided by Paul Gavini (thank you, Paul). Thanks to James Rutherford (yes, he's my husband!), Jane Ellen Carson, Charles DiPuccio, Jane Kansas, John Kilmer, Kathy McCoy, Roxanna Salazar, and the divine Esther Soliman for their advice and assistance. Extra special thanks to Paolo "Soldier Boy" Briones, Nancy "Swing Kid" Mendez, and Jeme "The Research King" Turcios. You're the best, guys!
