How is the style of modern biography/autobiographical different from classical styles? a Modern writing tends to exaggerate details much more than classical writing. b Today, we tend to show individual incidents in great detail, rather than summarize periods of time. c We use more first person today. d We are much more truthful today.

The consequence of jim smiley’s human foible adds to the story’s humor. what foible does smiley demonstrate?

What if the author had used “looked at” instead? punishment would be deemphasized. punishments would be seen as less harsh. the meaning wouldn't change.

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.