To Kill a Mockingbird

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: what is some good syntax from chapter 9-12

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: what is some good syntax from chapter 9-12

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Scout and Jem are children of the South. They speak often in Southern slang. "Shoot no wonder, then," said Jem, jerking his thumb at me. "Scout yonder's been readin' ever since she was born, and she ain't even started to school yet. You look right puny for goin' on seven." (ch 1).This is one of the examples of syntax in the story, and here the diction establishes the setting very well.The words in bold are all examples of carefully chosen Southern diction. Some of the words and phrases are much more common in the South. For example, “yonder” and “goin’ on” are distinctly chosen phrases.