To Kill a Mockingbird

Carefully reread the description of Miss Maudie’s house burning and identify the sensory details used to bring this moment to life.

Carefully reread the description of Miss Maudie’s house burning and identify the sensory details used to bring this moment to life.

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Colours are deep and rich yet terrifying in the context of her house burning, "Window frames were black against a vivid orange center...like a pumpkin."

The fluid movement of smoke gives the sense of water spilling out yet we are dealing with fire, "Smoke was rolling off our house and Miss Rachel’s house like fog off a riverbank."