Characters
Literary Terms
Comprehension Questions
Comprehension Continued
Random Trivia
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The fat boy is named...
Piggy
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Define Characterization
Characterization is the process by which an author reveals the personality of a character.
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Which two boys meet first, and what do they find?
Ralph and Piggy...the conch
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What are the small children called?
"littluns"
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What is foreshadowing?
when an author hints at something that will happen in the future.
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When we first meet jack, what is he the leader of?
The Choir
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The three parts of setting are...
Time, place, social context.
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Jack Merridew is elected to be the leader of
The hunters
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Why does the fire go out?
Jack took all the big boys hunting.
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A tribal rite of passage is...
A symbol that represents your acceptance or coming of age into the tribe.
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What does Ralph's father do?
In the navy
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Explain symbolism...
Symbolism is when an object represents a greater meaning or idea.
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What does Jack break when he hits Piggy in the face?
his glasses
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What happens when Jack doesn't give Piggy any meat?
Simon gives him some.
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What was the first rule that the boys made?
you must hold the conch to speak
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Which character is obsessed with killing?
Jack
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Theme is the....
Moral, the larger idea.
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What is the "beast" that sam and Eric found?
A parachute soldier.
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What are the littluns so afraid of?
the beast
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What do the boys call the place they meet?
the platform.
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The two boys who discover the "beast" are...
Sam and Eric
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What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?
Both compare two unlike things, but a methaphor does not use "like" or "as"
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Why were the children on a plane in the first place? What happened?
there was an atomic bomb
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What does Jack put on his face before killing his first pig?
clay war paint.
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Who hels the littluns get fruit?
Simon
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