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. ... The features which distinguish this colloquial language from the passage include simile, abbreviations and hyphens. ... These quotes taken from the "To Kill a Mockingbird" novel express the informal language which is directed to the responder. ... This includes the techniques and features used: similes, abbreviations, hyphens, descriptions, and complex sentences. The passage taken from the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" is...

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Belonging can also be achieved in finding a sense of community within a group, as evident in "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Forrest Gump.... Using the simile "Loved his garden like an only child" also creates an emotive connection between his father and the garden. ... The similes "like a homing pigeon/circling to get its bearings" and "like birds of passage" are used to heavily express how lost the migrants feel, as they circle around and wander confused, grasping for a hope of familiarity that does not exist in this new country. ... "To Kill a ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate