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52 Cards in this Set
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What does the conch symbolize
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authority, government
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What do piggys glasses symbolize
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true sight, power
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What does face paint symbolize
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savagery
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What does fire/smoke symbolize
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rescue, hope
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What does the lord of the flies symbolize
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death, internal human evil
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"Fancy, thinking the Beast was something that could hunt and kill."
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Lord of the Flies
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"Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up."
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Ralph
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Nobody killed, i hope. Any dead bodies?"
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Naval Officer
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"They're going to hunt you tomorrow"
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Samneric
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"Im not going to play any longer. Not with you."
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Jack
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"I should have thought that a pack of british boys... would have been able to put up a better show than that."
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Naval Officer
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"You are acting like a crowd of kids."
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Piggy
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"What are you doing here all alone? Aren't you afraid of me?"
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Lord of the Flies
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Thats right!" Favor piggy as you always do."
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Jack
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"this head is for the beast. Its a gift."
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Jack
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"Now i only got one eye. Just you wait."
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Piggy
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"I got you meat."
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Jack
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"all the same. You'll get back all right. I think so anyway."
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Simon
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How does the story begin
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The boys crash on an island, because they are getting taken to a different place because there is war back in their country but they get knocked down.
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Who wants to be the leader and who becomes the leader
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Jack wants to be the leader but Ralph becomes the leader
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What does Jack become obsessed with? What starts his obsession?
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He becomes obsessed with the pig and killing. HIs obsession starts when he is asked to kill a pig and he lets it go.
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Why does the tribe paint their faces
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Savagery and to camouflage while trying to kill the pig
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When the boys hurt Robert reenacting the hunt, what does this foreshadow?
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killing each other
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How is Simon killed? What was he trying to share with the boys?
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In the chanting circle of hunters
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What is the significance of simons death
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death of civility
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How was piggy killied
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Roger thew a rock at piggy but roger was never told to do this roger did it by himself
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How does ralph change throughout the story
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Ralph in the beginning is pretty care free and then later in the book he becomes focused on keeping the fire going and trying to find shelter
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How does Jack change throughout the story
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In the beginning jack can't even think of killing anything living and then in the en dog the book all he does is obsess of killing and goes from not wanted to kill a pig to trying to kill ralph
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What is situational irony? what is an example in the book?
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When Ralph gets burned. because all ralph wants to do is always have a fire burning so the rescuers can see it but then he gets burned by it from jack
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Describe the topic of blindness and sight in the story?How does it relate to Piggy and his glasses?
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Piggy can't see without his glasses and the boys become blind to civility
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assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds
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alliteration
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repartition of beginning consonance
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metaphor
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comparison not using like or as
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simile
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comparison using like or as
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foreshadowing
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predicting what will happen later
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symbolism
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what something symbolizes
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conflict
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problem
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exposition
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introducing the story
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rising action
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before the climax
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falling action
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after the climax
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climax
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most exciting part of the story
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resolution
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closing of the story
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efflorescence
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flowering, blossoming growth of development (usually underwater)
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enmity
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state or feeling of being hostile to something
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chorister
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leader of a choir
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tirade
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long angry speech
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oppressive
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unjustly on a minority
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malevolently
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having or showing a wish to do with other
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jeer
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to make rude or remarking comments
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sauntered
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stroll
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luminous
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full of shedding light
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impervious
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incapable of being penetrated
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