Vocabulary - Part I
Covert
Not openly acknowledged or displayed.
"There was a noise, too. A kind of PLOP noise."
Onomatopoeia
Obtuse
Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.
What does the Conch symbolize?
Power, someone's turn to talk.
Floundering
To struggle or stager helplessly.
How does Piggy die and who was responsible for it?
He was crushed and pushed off the neck by a boulder that Roger pushed off the cliff.
Luxuriant
Vegetation that is lush and rich
What year was Lord of the Flies published?
1954
Demur
Modest and Shy
"bright little birds hovered like insects."
Simile
Tremors
Involuntary, quivering movement.
The Beast
Whatever turmoil or struggles you have within yourself.
Corpulent
FAT (PIGGY)
Who was the author of Lord of the Flies?
William Golding
Charred
Burnt and black.
What happens to Piggy? Why doesn’t he try to move out of the way?
He gets struck by a boulder and it pushed him off the neck to the ocean 40 feet below.
He can’t see.
Sodden
Saturated with liquid, especially water, soaked through.
"The sea breathed again in a long low sigh."
Personification
Torrid
Very hot and dry.
Piggy's Glasses
The ability to make fire.
Power
Inaudiable
Unable to be heard or understood.
In chapter 7 which 3 boys decide to head to the top of the mountain? What do they find?
Jack, Ralph, and Roger.
The dead pilot.
Bleak
An area of land lacking vegetation, exposed to the elements.
Why does Ralph decide it would be too dangerous to bathe his wounds?
He would be out in the open and easy to spot.
Also, he wouldn’t hear them creeping up on him.
Scowl
An angry of bad tempered expression.
"Ralph was a shock of hair and Piggy a bag of fat."
Metaphor
Saunter
Walking in a slow and relaxed manner without hurry or effort.
Fire
SOS - rescue
Warmth
Cooking
Power
Liberation
The act of setting someone free from slavery, imprisonment, or oppression
How do Ralph and Piggy justify their involvement in Simon's death?
It was dark and there was that “bloody dance” There was thunder and lightning and rain and we were scared.
Cynical
Believing that people are motivated by their own self-interest
What is the twins’ warning to Ralph?
Jack is going to hunt Ralph down. He’s going to use the whole tribe to do it.
Lair
A place where wild animals, especially fierce or dangerous ones, live.
"The skull bobbed like a toy."
Simile
Elephantine
Large, clumsy or awkward.
Lord of the Flies
The shift from civilized to savage.
Luminous
The act of shedding light. Bright and shinny.
What evidence does Ralph have that convinces him that Jack and the others will never leave him alone?
Because Ralph is a challenge to Jack’s authority. If Ralph is dead Jack will always be the leader.
Truculent
Eager or quick to argue or fight. Aggressively defiant.
What does the officer think the boys have been doing on the island? How does he come to realize it is something much more serious?
fun and games.
Ralph tells him that two people were killed.
Ralph is injured.
Ralph breaks down into tears and many of the other boys follow.