two independent clauses

"The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed on a cloudy sea."

Symbol of goodness, purity, innocence

The assertion or statement you plan to prove in your argument, generally the thesis statement, or topic sentence in your essay/paragraph

Generally the last sentence of your introductory paragraph, reveals what your essay will be about, and acts to organize your essay

comma, conjunction (comma, fanboy) or semi-colon

"She is small and sprightly, like a bantam hen."

narrator, unusually intelligent, unusually concerned about right and wrong

facts, quotes, data in an argument

introduces the subject of the paragraph

Mike owns a trucking company, and Tom owns a gun shop.

Relates a series of events

Makes the difficult moral decisions for the town of Maycomb and does the things that many of the townspeople know are right, but will not do

connects the evidence to the claim

Dill, Raymond Adolphus, Tom Robinson, Boo Radley

Lucy likes to garden and has a huge garden as well as a fruit orchard

idea, character, story, or image that is common to human experience across cultures, time, and geography

Daughter of a shiftless, drunken, racist man who is trapped in loneliness and poverty

the argument that is opposed to what you are trying to prove; recognizing this strengthens your argument because it shows that you have considered both sides

to protect Boo Radley from the kindness of his neighbors

When you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate-filled policemen curse, kick, and even kill your black brothers.

a great fault that causes huge hardships, perhaps even death, for a literary character

Jem and Scout's reclusive neighbor, he saves Jem and Scout's life at the end of the novel though only a handful of people in the town ever know that

the argument against the counterclaim to prove that your claim is the strongest; it will appear at the end of your argumentative essay or paragraph

He is kind to Mayella Ewell and helps her with chores around her house