How does Ralph initially establish himself as a leader among the boys?

What does the conch shell symbolize in the early chapters of the novel?

Match the color with what it symbolizes.

"Splendid awful" is what literary device?

What does "the beastie symbolize?

What does the elaborate description of nature surrounding Simon in chapter 3 suggest about his character?

What does Roger's choice to throw stones at Henry indicate about his development as a character in chapter 4 of Lord of the Flies?

In chapter 4 of Lord of the Flies, the "painted faces" primarily symbolize:

What evidence from the text best supports the idea that the boys' painted faces symbolizes their loss of identity?

In chapter 5, why do the boys not fix the tree that wobbles and makes them fall off?

In chapter 5, what effect does the choppy sentence structure serve when Ralph is reviewing the important meeting topics in his head?

What might ghosts be symbolic for? Select all that apply (2). 

The boys lack of interest in keeping the fire going and only speaking when they have the conch reveals what about them?

What is the extreme heat symbolic for in chapter 7, and what purpose does it serve?

When Simon says, "I just think you'll get back alright," what literary device is being used?

What can we infer about the statement, "Daddy had come home every day?"

In chapter 7, when Jack is coming back to meet Ralph and Roger, what animal is he compared to, and what does this reveal about him?

What can we infer about Ralph biting his nails in chapter 8?

What changes about Golding's writing style every time Simon sneaks away into the wilderness, and what does this suggest about Simon? 

What do the boys do with the pig once they kill it in chapter 8?

The boys leaving an offering for the beast indicates what?

In chapter 9, what is the symbolic meaning of the pink color draining from the rocks?

Ralph dived into the pool. A couple of littluns were playing at the edge, trying to extract comfort from a wetness warmer than blood. Piggy took off his glasses, stepped primly into the water and then put them on again. Ralph came to the surface and squirted a jet of water at him.

What effect does the simile, "warmer than blood" have on the tone of the passage?

What does comparing Jack to an "idol" suggest about his character and how other perceive him?

“Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” The movement became regular while the chant lost its first superficial excitement and began to beat like a steady pulse. Roger ceased to be a pig and became a hunter, so that the center of the ring yawned emptily.

What effect does the simile, "like a steady pulse" have on the text?

What purpose does the shift in weather (cloudy to torrential downpour) serve in chapter 9? 

What might be the author's purpose in describing the boys as "scream[ing], str[iking], bit[ting], t[earing], and having "claws" in chapter 9? 

What textual evidence supports the idea that the boys are losing their sense of civilization in Chapter 10?

Which statement best describes the change in Ralph's perspective in Chapter 10?

What conclusion can be drawn about the theme of power in Chapter 10?

Why might the "attractiveness of the wilderness [be] gone" in chapter 10? 

What do Jack and part of his crew do at the end of chapter 10 that prompts Ralph and his crew to go talk to Jack?

In chapter 11, what has changed about the appearance of the conch? What does this suggest?

The boys made a compact little group that moved over the beach, four plate-like shadows dancing and mingling beneath them. There was no sign left of the storm, and the beach was swept clean like a blade that has been scoured. The sky and the mountain were at an immense distance, shimmering in the heat; and the reef was lifted by mirage, floating in a kind of silver pool halfway up the sky.

What effect does the simile "swept clean like a blade" mostly have on the text?

Jack wrenched free and swung at Ralph with his spear. By common consent they were using the spears as sabers now, no longer daring the lethal points. The blow struck Ralph’s spear and slid down, to fall agonizingly on his fingers. Then they were apart once more, their positions reversed, Jack toward the Castle Rock and Ralph on the outside toward the island. Both boys were breathing very heavily.

“Come on then—”

“Come on—”

Truculently they squared up to each other but kept just out of fighting distance.

Which best matches the meaning of "truculently" as it is used in the passage?

Describing Piggy as a "shock of hair" and "bag of fat" when Roger is looking down on him from the cliff has what effect?

What might be the significance in the conch breaking and Piggy dying at the same time? What do Piggy and the conch have in common?

The author describes Ralph as having a "hangman's terror" just after he kills Piggy. Use context and schema to infer what this phrase means. 

What does Golding imply about the nature of violence through the description of Roger's "hangman's terror"?

“I came to see you two—”

Words could not express the dull pain of these things. He fell silent, while the vivid stars were spilt and danced all ways.

Sam shifted uneasily.

“Honest, Ralph, you’d better go.” Ralph looked up again.

“You two aren’t painted. How can you—? If it were light—”

If it were light shame would burn them at admitting these things. But the night was dark. Eric took up; and then the twins started their antiphonal speech. “You got to go because it’s not safe—”

Based on how it is used in the text, what does light symbolize?

“We’ve got to give signals like this.”

Eric raised his head and achieved a faint ululation by beating on his open mouth. Then he glanced behind him nervously.

“Like that—” “—only louder, of course.”

Based on how "ululation" is used in the text, what is its meaning?

In chapter 12, why might the author repeat the work "ululating?" What effect does it have on the text?

What tactic do the boys use to find Ralph in chapter 12?

What literary device is the fact that Ralph was saved by the smoke that was created to kill him?

The officer comparing the boys to Coral Island reveals what about his perception of events?