Vocab
Adjective: very light
What is fair?
[adjective]: unconventional; strange
What is eccentric?
[verb]: to agree
What is assent?
Consider the second time that Piggy’s glasses are used to start a fire. What is this scene’s effect on mood?
What is considerate or hopeful?
What does the conch symbolize?
What is civilization and authority?
Martyred [adjective]
to have suffered greatly, usually to the point of death, for a belief
Incompetence [noun]
A lack of skill that is necessary to effectively complete a task
Immure [verb]
What is confine; enclose?
Consider the second time that Piggy’s glasses are used to start a fire. What is this scene’s effect on mood?
What is indignant or hopeful?
Consider the first time that Piggy’s glasses are used to start a fire. What theme does this scene reveal?
A respectful environment is a productive environment.
Virtuous [adjective]
morally excellent
Indignant [adjective]
Angry or frustrated with something that is unfair
Tacit [adjective]
What is implied?
What theme is revealed through the death of Simon?
What is:
Violence destroys that which is good.
What is the conversation that Simon has with the “Lord of the Flies” meant to reveal about the beast?
What is:
The "beast" is the inescapable evil that exists within all of the boys.
The smell of french fries was still slightly _______ in Tyler's car from yesterday's trip through the McDonald's drive thru.
So as not to be detected coming in past curfew, Silas crept in a ____ manner through the living room and down the hallway to his bedroom.
It is a widely regarded rule that people should not discuss their political opinions at work; it may not be a fireable offense, but it is certainly _____.
What is taboo?
What is the “curtain” in Ralph’s brain referring to? Explain in your own words.
The "curtain" refers to Ralph's struggle, as he spends more and more time on the island, to remember civilization and rationality.
What are the similarities between the naval officer and the boys?
What is they are both at war and they are both "decorated."
I opened Sally's closet and was met with a ______ of shoes: there was a shoe of every possible color, fabric, and heel-length.
What is myriad?
The signatures on the Declaration of Independence are cool to look at them, but most of them are completely ______.
What is inscrutable?
Taking a test on an empty stomach will likely _______ your performance.
“Simon, sitting between the twins and Piggy, wiped his mouth and shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy, who grabbed it. The twins giggled and Simon lowered his face in shame” What theme does this scene reveal?
What is:
People believe that being kind is something to be ashamed of.
Why do the boys kill Simon?
Being overcome with violence, they are driven to destroy what they view as weak.