What literary devices are in chapter 22 of To Kill a Mockingbird?

In ,uses , a type of
figurative language that involves exaggeration, when she says, "The kitchen table was
loaded with enough food to bury the family: hunks of salt pork, tomatoes, beans, even
scuppernongs." While there is a lot of food that people have given Atticus to thank him for
defending Tom Robinson, it's an exaggeration to say that the food would bury the family. The
bountiful food is also a symbol of the African American community's gratitude toward Atticus for
defending Tom Robinson. 

Later in the chapter there is another example of
hyperbole when Scout says, "Mr. Avery was red in the face from a sneezing spell and nearly
blew us off the sidewalk when we came up." While Mr. Avery sneezes a great deal, Scout is
exaggerating by saying that he is going to blow her, , and Dill off the sidewalk with his
sneezing. 

Dill later reports that Aunt Rachel said, "If a man likewants
to butt his head against a stone wall, its his head." In this example, Aunt Rachel is using
ato compare Atticus's defense of Tom Robinson (which she considers pointless and useless) to the
stupid act of hitting his head against a hard wall.

In another part of the
chapter, Dill says of Aunt Rachel, using a metaphor, "Shes just seein too many snakes in
the closet." This metaphor involves using the idea of seeing snakes to represent the way
that people who drink too much alcohol often see things that aren't there. This is also anto the
way in which alcoholics are supposed to see snakes when they are withdrawing from drinking. Dill
later says of Aunt Rachel and Miss Stephanie, Every one of €˜em oughta be ridin broomsticks.
Aunt Rachel already does. He uses a metaphor to compare the hateful and spiteful women of the
town to witches. 

Jem says in this chapter that living in Maycomb is
"like bein' a caterpillar in a cocoon, thats what it is, he said. Like somethin asleep
wrapped up in a warm place." He uses ato express the way he has felt about growing up
protected in Maycomb, as he now realizes that there is a wider world that is not as protected or
warm.