The Island
How did the boys become stranded on the island
A plane crash
Which boy has asthma, glasses, and lives with his aunty
Piggy
What happens at the end of chapter 1 when Jack sees a pig?
He hesitates too long to kill it.
Creepers page 31
"They found a piglet in a curtain of creepers"
Long vine like plants
"The fire thrust out a savage arm of heat"
What are the creepers on the island
vine like plants
Which boy is voted chief
What rule do the boys make regarding the conch
Absurd pg 40
"Now the absurd situation was open..."
Ridiculous or illogical
simile
What kind of wild animal have they seen on the island
Wild pigs
The boys on the island wearing cloaks were part of what group?
The choir
How do the boys start a fire
With Piggy's glasses
Grotesque page 39
"They inched the grotesque dead thing up the rock"
Repulsive, ugly
Small flames stirred at the trunk of a tree and crawled away through the leaves
Personification
What kind of shell do Ralph and Piggy find on the island
A conch shell
Who says, "I ought to be chief because I'm chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp"
Jack
Who said, "I got the conch! I got a right to speak!"
Piggy
"They stood down a slope, a gully..."
A channel or ravine formed by water
"The breeze was a river of sparks"
Metaphor
Which boy suggested, "we should draw a map of the island, only we haven't any paper."
Ralph, page 27
A beastie
What happens to the boy with a mark on his face after the fire
He disappeared
Indignant page 43
"Daring, indignant, Piggy took the conch"
Feeling or showing anger, annoyance
"When these breezes reached the platform the palm fronds would whisper, so that spots of blurred sunlight slid over their bodies or moved like bright, winged things in the shade.
(HINT: There's two in this one)
personification and simile