Literary Response and Analysis:
3.3 Analyze interactions between main and subordinate characters in a literary text and explain the way those interactions affect the
plot.)
3.4 Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and
soliloquy.
Answer this question after you complete all of the other work for the two characters.
1. Why do you think Harper Lee focuses so much attention on Walter Cunningham and Burris Ewell in these two chapters? What
broader information do we get from these two characters? Predict whether you think this information will be important later on in the
story.
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Walter Cunningham (pp. 19-24)
Walter’s appearance
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What does Walter’s appearance tell you about him and his family? Make an inference.
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Walter’s disposition (personality)
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Walter’s father
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Burris Ewell (pp. 25-28, 30-31)
Burris’s appearance
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What does Burris’s appearance tell you about him and his family? Make an inference.
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Burris’s disposition (personality)
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Burris’s father
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Character Traits Venn Diagram
Walter Cunningham
Burris Ewell
Citations
Written and Oral Language Conventions:
1.5 Reflect appropriate manuscript requirements, including title page presentation, pagination, spacing and margins, and integration of
source and support material (e.g., in-text citation, use of direct quotations, paraphrasing) with appropriate citations.
When taking quotations from the text, use the proper M.L.A. in-text citation format. Make a properly formatted works cited page on
the other side of this handout, using To Kill a Mockingbird as your source. See example below.
The Basic Entry: A Book by a Single Author
Author’s name. Title of book. Publication information (city: publisher, year)
Here is an example:
Wilson, Frank R. The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human
Culture. New York: Paterson, 1998.
Note that everything on the works cited page is double spaced in M.L.A. format, including between the heading of the works
cited page and your first entry. The first line of and entry is flush with the left-hand margin. Subsequent lines of the same
entry are indented.
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