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Notes on Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Chapters 1-2

Character Descriptions
Character:
Character:

Setting: Textual Evidence or Reasoning

Time:


Place:

Tone/Mood Textual Evidence or Reasoning

Summary/synopsis-Chapter 1 Summary/synopsis-Chapter 2


Foreshadowing- Textual Evidence or Reasoning:
Make a prediction based on this element

Imagery Textual Evidence or Reasoning:

On a separate piece of paper, answer the following questions following appropriate response to
literature guidelines:

1. Who is the voice referring to? What does the voice represent?
2. How does the reaction of the fair-haired boy differ from the fat boys at the realization that
there are no adults around?
3. The language in the description of Ralph may foreshadow what?
4. What is the purpose of the polysyndeton in the paragraph that begins, Here the beach was
interrupted...? How does it compare to an asyndeton? Cite an example.

Self guided vocabulary study:

efflorescence hiatus

enmity ebullience

decorous recrimination

chorister tumult

bastion