Reading Review Title of work: To Kill A Mockingbird Country/Culture: Southern Literary Period: Contemporary Type of Literature: Novel Author: Harper Lee Authorial Information In 1960 Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird was first published. Interviewers were stunned when they first met Harper Lee, after reading this novel. They often felt as if they were coming face to face with a grownup version of Scout Finch, the six-year old of the novel. Her features at …showed first 75 words of 1676 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1676 total…a half feet tall, judging from his tracks,” that was the direct example of Boo. The third word is simile. Simile is a figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison between two basically unlike subjects. An example is “Jem, it looks like a pumpkin-.” This was an observation made by Scout when she saw Ms. Maudies’ burning house. The window frames were black against a vivid orange center.