From the book of how to kill a mockingbird 1. “he sounded fishy to me. nobody in maycomb just went for a walk.” (chp 6, p. 57) a. oxymoron or b. idiom 2. “‘yowl hush’, growled jem, ‘you act like you believe in hot steams.’” (chp 4, p. 41) a. colloquialism or b. personification 3. “he seemed to be working himself into a bad humor, so i kept my distance.” (chp 7, p. 70) a. oxymoron or b. simile