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Literary Terms
100

This symbolizes democracy and rule

The conch

100

This character is described in the following passage: "It was an accident...that's what it was. An accident...Coming in the dark, he hadn't no business crawling like that out of the dark. He was batty. He asked for it."

Simon

100

The leader of the choristers

Jack

100

What is the climax of the story?

The two groups splitting up

100

The major protagonist in the story

Ralph

200
This symbolizes intelligence

Piggy's glasses

200

This character says the following: 'I'm going to go to him with this conch in my hands. I'm going to hold it out. Look, I'm goin' to say, you're stronger than I am and you haven't got asthma. You can see, I'm goin' to say, and with both eyes. But I don't ask you to be a sport, I'll say, not because you're strong, but because what's right's right. Give me my glasses, I'm going to say,you got to!'

Piggy

200

His father was in the Navy

Ralph

200

How did the boys end up on the island?

A plane crash

200

The major antagonist in the story

Jack

300

This symbolizes totalitarianism

The knife

300

Who says: "Honest, Ralph, you'd better go. . . You got to go because it's not safe. . . You got to go for your own good. They hate you, Ralph. They're going to do you."

Samneric

300

The first littlun to tell the boys about the beastie

The boy with the mulberry birthmark

300

Who rescued the boys in the end?

A Naval Officer

300

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3rd person omniscient

400

This symbolizes hope and rescue

The signal fire

400

He says: "We saw your smoke. What have you been doing? Having a war or something?"

Naval Officer

400

The character who tells Simon he's going to have some fun on this island.

The Lord of the Flies

400

Who's death started the rebellion?

Piggy's death

400

The outcome is different from what we expected. Instead of destroying themselves with the fire, they inadvertently saved themselves. What type of irony is this?

Situational Irony

500

This symbolizes man's inner fear

The "beast"

500

He says: "Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are what they are?"

The Lord of the Flies

500

Character who saw Jack as a little red-headed boy

The Naval Officer

500

The item desired by the savages during the raid

Piggy's glasses

500

The boys set the mountain on fire, and Piggy says, "You got your small fire all right." What type of irony is this?

Verbal Irony