1. By William Golding Pre-AP 9th grade Lit./Comp.
Lord of the Flies
By William Golding
Pre-AP 9th grade Lit./Comp.

2. Lord of the Flies
William Golding wrote Lord of the Flies at the end of WWII. It was published in at the beginning of the Cold War.
Genre - The novel is an allegory about human nature and society with dystopian characteristics.
The novel alludes to the conflict between democracy and totalitarian communism.

3. Lord of the Flies The novel encompasses three main concepts:
An adventure/action story
A psychological novel about people under extreme stress
A symbolic novel about the nature of humankind and the role of civilization

4. Lord of the Flies Literary Terms found in the novel: Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Foreshadowing
Alliteration
Allusion
Dramatic irony
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron

5. Lord of the Flies Literary Terms found in the novel: Polysyndeton
Asyndeton
Synecdoche
Archetype
Verisimilitude
Zeugma
Foil

6. Lord of the Flies What is a motif ? Cite examples of Biblical motifs:
Simon as a Christ-figure

7. Lord of the Flies What is an archetype? Piggy as a scapegoat Simon
As a representative of goodness and kindness
Jack
As the primal, instinctual mind or militaristic mind
Ralph
As the orderly forces of civilization

8. Lord of the Flies Symbols the conch shell the fire the island
the pig’s head
the spectacles

9. Lord of the Flies Character Analysis:
Classify the major characters as either static or dynamic
Compare & contrast Ralph, Jack, & Roger

10. Lord of the Flies Themes - civilization vs. savagery loss of innocence
innate evil in all humans

11. Lord of the Flies Structural Development of the novel: Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Resolution

12. Lord of the Flies AP Vocabulary – Terms of Reference chiasmus
understatement
parody
zeitgeist
deus ex machina