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The people who stayed with Ralph in Ch. 10
Who are Piggy, Sam and Eric, and other little ones?
"piggy took back his glasses and looked at the smoke with pleasure"
(Characterization)
What is action?
Using words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning.
What is a symbol?
Dark Red
What is crimson?
Comparison between two unlike things, usually using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
Jack has absolute power
Why are the boys punished for no apparent reason?
"Yes. We were very tired," repeated Sam, "so we left early. Was it a good—"
The air was heavy with unspoken knowledge. Sam twisted and the absences word shot out of him. "—dance?"
(Characterization)
What is action?
Authority, law, and order
What does the conch symbolize?
cruel laughter; ridicule
What is Derision?
Comparing two unlike things without using like and as.
What is metaphor?
Ralph, Piggy, and the little ones are attacked by Jack and the hunters
Why did Ralph, Piggy, and the little ones awakened in the middle of the night?
"You write a letter to your auntie."
Piggy considered this solemnly.
"I don't know where she is now. And I haven't got an envelope and a stamp. An' there isn't a mailbox. Or a postman."
The success of his tiny joke overcame Ralph. His sniggers became uncontrollable, his body jumped and twitched.
Piggy rebuked him with dignity. "I haven't said anything all that funny."
(inferencing)
What is doesn't understand jokes and doesn't have social skills?
Technology, knowledge
What does Piggy's glasses represent?
great dislike; hate
What is Loathing?
Attribution of human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
Piggy's glasses
What did Jack and the hunters steal at night?
"I'm too tired. And what's the good?"
...
"Well-what is the good?"
Ralph tried indignantly to remember. There was something good about a fire. Something overwhelmingly good.
"Ralph's told you often enough," said Piggy moodily.
"How else are we going to be rescued?"
"Of course! If we don't make smoke-"
(Inferencing)
What is gradually forgetting that their goal is to get rescued?
The breakdown of modern society
What does the plane crash symbolize?
Incorporating something in, or becoming used to
What is Assimilating?
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole?
The two are now virtually alone; everyone except Sam and Eric and a handful of littluns has joined Jack’s tribe
Why are Jack and Ralph desperate?
“Call an assembly?”
Ralph laughed sharply...
“You’re still chief”
Ralph laughed again.
“You are. Over us.”
(Characterization)
What is action? (Sarcasm)
The boy's connection to civilization
What does the signal fire represent?
Very Sad
What is Woebegone?
Language used by poets, novelists and other writers to create images in the mind of the reader, includes figurative and metaphorical language to improve the reader's experience through their senses.
What is imagery?