Starter quiz
- Which of the following is a structural device?
- mirroring ✓
- simile
- semantic field
- alliteration
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- How do the boys treat nature in 'Lord of the Flies'?
- they are respectful and awe-inspired by nature
- they are indifferent towards nature
- they are disrespectful and destructive towards nature ✓
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- What does Piggy represent in 'Lord of the Flies'?
- democracy and civilisation
- rationality, reason and logic ✓
- savagery and evil
- nature and humanity
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- Which character from 'Lord of the Flies' is described as "sinister" in Chapter 1?
- Ralph
- Piggy
- Simon
- Jack
- Roger ✓
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- Match the method to its definition.
- allusion⇔a brief reference to a character or incident from another text ✓
- imagery⇔the use of words or figurative language to create vivid pictures ✓
- personification⇔attribution of human characteristics to non-human things ✓
- semantic field⇔a set of words grouped by a common theme ✓
- symbolism⇔the use of images, words or nouns to represent abstract ideas ✓
- What might an allegory be?
- an invented perspective or speaker used by a writer
- a poetic form consisting of 14 lines, written in iambic pentatemeter
- a short story typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral lesson
- a brief statement that refers to a character or incident from another text
- a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning ✓
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Exit quiz
- What is genre?
- a group of texts written by the same author
- a group of texts from a specific time period or era
- a style or category of a text ✓
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- Which of the following deaths in 'Lord of the Flies' is intentional?
- the death of Simon
- the death of the mulberry-birthmark "littlun"
- the death of Piggy ✓
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- Which texts does Golding allude to in Chapter 1 of 'Lord of the Flies'?
- 'Treasure Island' ✓
- 'Peter Pan'
- 'Robinson Crusoe'
- 'Coral Island' ✓
- 'Swallows and Amazons' ✓
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- Why might Golding have alluded so distinctly to 'Coral Island' in 'Lord of the Flies'?
- He wanted to show how much more appreciative and kind children have become.
- He wanted to portray a different idea about how children might behave. ✓
- He wanted to subvert the adventure novel genre to share his allegory about evil. ✓
- He wanted to conform to the adventure novel genre in a fresh and exciting way.
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- Why might Golding have wanted to end 'Lord of the Flies' with the hunting of Ralph?
- because Ralph is the main and most likeable character
- to symbolise that the boys are actively seeking to destroy civility and order ✓
- to show how democracy can never prevail in face of tyranny
- to show how savage the boys have become as they meticulously hunt Ralph ✓
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- Match the vocabulary up to its definition.
- tyranny⇔an extremely brutal and cruel style of leadership ✓
- allegory⇔a story, poem or image that has a hidden message ✓
- foreshadowing⇔an advanced warning of what is to come in the future of a text ✓
- to subvert⇔to undermine or go against the expected norm ✓
- inevitable⇔certain to happen - unavoidable ✓
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Key learning points
- The deaths in the novel drive the plot - they escalate in brutality and intention as the novel progresses.
- Golding foreshadows the death of Piggy and the attempted murder of Ralph from the beginning of the novel.
- Golding's novel is an allegory about the importance of rules and the innate evil of mankind.
- Golding alludes to 'Coral Island' throughout the novel, arguably to offer a different perspective of the same situation.
- Golding subverts the children's adventure novel genre to create a horrifying allegory about the true nature of evil.
Common misconception
Lots of students do not realise that this novel was actually inspired by an earlier, 19th century novel called 'Coral Island' by Ballantyne.
Golding uses the established genre and subverts its conventions to create a horrifying exploration of what evil truly is and where it comes from.
Keywords
Tyranny - an extremely brutal and cruel style of leadership
Allegory - a story, poem or image that has a hidden message, typically a moral or political one
Foreshadowing - an advanced warning of what is to come in the future of a text
To subvert - to undermine or go against the expected norm
Inevitable - certain to happen - unavoidable
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