Lord of the Flies
It becomes obvious that Jack and his hunters care more about hunting pigs than getting rescued when…
They go off hunting and let the fire go out while a ship passes by.
What part of speech modifies or describes a noun?
Adjective
Identify the direct object in the following sentence: Karen kicked the soccer ball into the net.
The soccer ball
The play takes place in _____________________ during the ____________.
Chicago, 1950's
What is the definition of situational irony?
A trope in which accidental events occur that seem oddly appropriate, such as the poetic justice of a pickpocket getting his own pocket picked.
Dramatic irony occurs in Lord of the Flies when…
The audience knows what the beastie really is, but the characters do not
What is the correct definition for the following part of speech: Interjection.
An exclamatory word that expresses emotion.
True or False: Indefinite pronouns such as everyone and everybody are always plural.
False
When Beneatha tells Asagai about the loss of the money, Asagai tells her
The money never belonged to her.
What is the definition of an act?
A major division in the action of a play.
The author most likely puts in the mock pig hunting scene to….
Foreshadow how they will eventually hunt a human like they hunt pigs
What word best matches the following definition: A group of words that contains a subject and a verb.
Clause
What verb BEST completes the following sentence: Everyone associated with the project ____ proud to be part of the effort.
A. Is
B. Were
C. Was
D. Are
Is
Mama makes Travis watch Walter’s interaction with Mr. Lindner because....
She hopes Walter will be too ashamed to go through with what he wants to do.
What is the definition of allusion?
A casual reference in literature to a person, place, event, or another passage of literature, often without explicit identification.
Why does Jack impale the sow’s head on a stick?
As a gift for the beast
What component of a sentence goes between a verb and its direct object and tells us to whom or for whom an action happens?
Indirect Object
What verb BEST completes the following sentence: Some of the grain ___ ruined by the flood.
A. Is
B. Were
C. Was
D. Are
Was
What literary term best completes the sentence: Mama’s plant is a _____ of hope and the family’s survival?
Symbol
What is the definition of dialect?
The language of a particular district, class, or group of persons.
While staring at the impaled pig’s head on a stick, Simon has a mystical experience that reveals what?
The beast is the evil within the human heart and mind.
Identify the direct object in the following sentence: Karen found a clue.
Clue
Identify the indirect object in the following sentence: On her birthday, Ronnie sent his math teacher beautiful flowers.
His math teacher
What literary term best completes the sentence: A ________, or main message the author wants you to understand, is the importance of family in A Raisin in the Sun
Theme
What is the definition of connotation?
The extra tinge of meaning each word carries beyond the minimal, strict definition found in a dictionary.