TIOBE
What is the term Algernon uses to describe creating a fake friend in order to escape social obligations?
Bunburying
What grammatical choice in the opening sentence normalizes Gregor’s transformation?
The matter-of-fact declarative tone treating the change as already complete.
What term describes the literal dictionary meaning of a word?
Denotation
What object is first used to call the boys together after the crash?
Conch Shell
What High School did I go to?
Mckinney High
Why does Gwendolen insist that she can only love a man named “Ernest,” and what does this reveal about her values?
Gwendolen believes the name “Ernest” represents seriousness and moral character, showing that she values appearances and social labels over genuine personality.
What specific fear motivates Gregor to hide under the sofa after his transformation?
Frightening his sister by being seen.
What term refers to word choice that conveys implied meaning or associations beyond the literal?
Connotation
What specific action signals Jack’s complete break from Ralph’s authority?
Painting his face / masks for hunting
Where am I from?
Russia
During Cecily and Gwendolen’s first meeting, what single shared assumption about “Ernest” creates the central conflict of the scene?
Both Cecily and Gwendolen assume they are engaged to the same man named “Ernest,” which creates the conflict through mistaken identity.
What object’s removal definitively threatens Gregor’s remaining sense of humanity?
The picture of the woman in furs.
What term is the feeling or atmosphere that a literary work evokes in the reader
mood
What action marks Simon’s recognition of the “Lord of the Flies” as a symbol of human evil?
Speaking to the pig’s head
Do I drink coffee or tea?
tea
What physical object becomes the focal point of conflict during Cecily and Gwendolen’s confrontation, and why?
The tea service (sugar, cake, and cups) becomes the focal point because Gwendolen uses it to assert social dominance over Cecily during their confrontation.
What single noun does Grete use to refer to Gregor that marks her final linguistic break from him?
It
What type of parallelism repeats a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses?
Anaphora
Name 10 characters from LOTF...
Ralph
Piggy
Jack Merridew
Simon
Roger
Sam
Eric
Robert
Maurice
Percival Wemys Madison
Johnny
Henry
What is my favorite thing we have read so far?
The Importance of Being Earnest
What specific detail about Jack’s christening resolves the plot and simultaneously exposes the emptiness of Victorian “earnestness”?
Jack’s christening records reveal he was named Ernest after his father, meaning his “earnestness” comes from birth paperwork rather than moral character.
What first alerts Gregor to his inhuman transformation exactly?
Feeling his hard, curved back (his new exoskeleton).
What rhetorical device uses a part of something to represent the whole, as in “all hands on deck”?
Synecdoche
What exact narrative device does Golding use in the final chapter to emphasize the fragility of civilization?
Dues ex Machina/Irony
Naval Officers arrival
What is my favorite podcast? It was on the slide deck at the beginning of the year
Armchair Expert