Lord of the Flies study guide...
Lord Of The Flies Study Guide
Literary Terms 1. Imagery - words that
create a picture 2. Tone - the attitude or emotion of the author 3. Mood - state of mind or emotion 4. Foreshadowing - a sense or example of what is to come 5. Theme - the point the author is making 6. Alliteration - the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more words 7. Symbol - something that represents something else 8. Coming of age novel - writing about growing up 9. Conflict - the problem in the literature 10. Omniscient narrator - an author who knows everything about the story he/she is telling 11. Limited narrator - gives knowledge in third person of what the main character thinks 12. Soliloquy - when a character talks to themselves 13. Monologue - a long speech, given with others on stage, directed to the audience 14. Personification - giving inanimate objects human traits 15. Stereotype - conception or opinion about someone or something 16. Plot - main story in a narrative or drama 17. Dialogue - conversation between characters in a narrative or drama 18. Dramatic irony - the audience knows something that the characters don’t 19. Situational irony - when the unexpected happens 20. Verbal irony - sarcasm or wit 21. Allusion - indirect reference 22. Motivation - the cause that made it happen; why would the character do this 23. Local color - regional detail in literature 24. First person point of view - when the narrator participates in the story (I, me) 25. Third person point of view - narrator does not participate in the story (they, them) 26. Microcosm - a small world; representation of something larger on a smaller scale 27. Drama - theatrical plays 28. Anachronism - an event out of its proper chronological period (girl anachronism!!!!) 29. Style - the way (something) it is expressed 30. Antagonist - one who opposes and contends against another 31. Protagonist - the main character in a drama or other literary work 32. Paradox - a statement opposite of received information 33. Literal meaning - word for word; exactly what it is saying 34. Figurative meaning - the symbolic meaning 35. Iambic pentameter - meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable
36. Allegory - symbolic representation 37. Dynamic character - under goes an important change over the course of the literature 38. Static character - does not make an important transformation; stays the same 1. Jack - antagonist; someone who rules through fear 2. Roger throwing rocks - foreshadows how Roger kills Piggy with the boulder 3. Every human has the potential for evil actions - this is one of Golding’s themes 4. Tropical Fruit, intense heat and sun, coral reef- far from civilization
5. Pig’s head on a stick - is the literal lord of the flies and the evils that live in man 6. Lord of the flies - is the symbol of the evil that lives in man 7. Group of (British) schoolboys on an island - represents civilization without the consequences of society 8. British school boys becoming savages - shows how eventually without rules order will no longer stand
Know 1. The two reasons Ralph is elected chief=
*conch *good looks 2. Who owns a knife? *Jack 3. Why is Jack’s triumph over his first kill ruined? *he misses the pig(it escapes him; he doesn’t haven’t the will yet to kill it)
4. Who wants Ralph to continue to be chief? *Piggy *Sam N Eric *Littluns *Simon 5. What is the "beast on the mountain"? *the dead parachutist 6. How Jack becomes the leader of his tribe *gains it by using fear against the boys; forces them to join him (or die) 7. Who suggests moving the fire to the beach? * 8. The lord of the flies is actually what? *a pig’s head on a stick surrounded by flies *The evil in mankind
* "Beelzebub" 9. Who is the only one to actually confront the beast in the daylight? *Simon 10. When the boys think they are killing the beast, who are they killing? *Simon 11. During the raid, what does Piggy run to protect? *the conch (though he should be protecting his glasses*) 12. Why is Wilfred tied up and beaten? *because Jack orders it; ~there is no reason behind the action 13. Why do Piggy and Ralph visit the camp the second time? * to retrieve Piggy’s stolen specs 14. During this visit, who are captured? *the twins; SamnEric 15. What besides Piggy is destroyed in this conflict? *the conch (the symbol of organization/order/law/rule/communication) 16. How do they plan to kill Ralph? *with a stick sharpened at both ends *the same way they kill pigs 17. Who betrays Ralph’s hiding place? *the twins; SamnEric (*they are beaten and tortured into revealing Ralph’s hidingplace*) 18. Ironically, how is Ralph saved? *He is saved by the fire that was being used to kill him *A naval officer shows up (because he saw the fir)
19. Who does Ralph say is chief? *he says that he(Ralph) is 20. Why does Golding use British school boys? **Golding use British school boys because when the book was written, they were seen as the perfect idolization of the way society should be. 21. Who tells Ralph he will get back alright? * 22. What does Piggy’s fall represent? *the death of the weak
*the fall from INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION
*fall of mankind 23. How does Golding describe Simon’s body being carried out to sea? *He describes it as if angels are picking up his body and taking it to heaven. 24. Who is the boy most likely to take command after Jack *Roger 25. During his escape from Jack’s tribe, how is Ralph described?
*LIKE AN ANIMAL
*Ralph is described as wounded, filthy and worried
Questions with multiple answers
26. Which boys are physically different from the other boys?
(all the "WEAK ONES" --> DEAD BY END OF STORY) *boy w/ mulberry birthmark
*Simon=epileptic
*Piggy=asthma/specs/fat/unathletic
1. Who goes on the first physical exploration of the island? Who is left behind? *Ralph, Jack, Sam, Eric (GO ON EXPLORATION)
*Piggy, other boys, littluns (LEFT BEHIND)
2. Piggy, Simon, Littluns 2. What do the huts represent? *Civilization *Home *shelter
3. How is Jack freed from his conscience? *face paint *garlands *spears *hunting 4. What are the signs from the grown ups? *The parachutist *The naval officer 5. Who sees the beast on the mountain top? *Simon *
6. What does the lord of the flies tell Simon? *It tells him that he cannot escape "it" because "it" lives in all of the men ("it"= evil)
7. Why does Jack’s tribe raid the beach group? *To get Piggy’s specs *to get fire
8. Why does Piggy believe Jack will respect his need for his glasses? * 9. At the end, Ralph thinks of what ways to escape? *hide *run *climb tree * hide in thicket *double back and confuse them 10. What the naval officer ask Ralph? *Who is the leader *are they playing games? *has anyone died? 2. What has happened on the island?
*two (really three but Ralph mentions only two) boys have died
*the boys have lost their innocence
11. How do the boys seem to the officer?
*like animals *like boys playing war *beyond their wits
Matching characters and things 1. Roger - the evil in men; sadism 2. Simon - the Christ like figure 3. Ralph - the leader 4. Piggy/Specs - the intelligence in the world 5. Conch - order, civilization 6. Face paint - freedom from the rules of society; liberation 7. Pig’s head on a stick - evils in man; lord of the flies
Match the event with location 1. Parachutist lands *On top of mountain 2. Jack establishes a fortress
*on a cliff high up
3. Simon sits and thinks *in a hidden bunch of leaves and vines (thicket?) 4. Ralph hides *In a thicket 5. Plane crash lands *In the middle of the island, leaving a scar on the island
Match characters to event or object 1. Pocket knife= Jack 2. Tortures Sam & Eric= Roger 3. Reminds group of rescue/fire= Ralph 4. Protects conch from thieves= Piggy 5. Throws rocks= Roger 6. "Sucks to the littluns"= Ralph 7. Epileptic seizures= Simon 8. Forgets what he is going to say= Ralph 9. Knows about the dead parachutist= Simon