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1
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Year of publication (Lord of the Flies)

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1954

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Author of the Lord of the Flies?

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William Golding

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Setting of Lord of the Flies?

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A deserted island

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Protagonist Lord of the Flies?

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Ralph

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Conflict of Lord of the Flies?

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The boys are in a struggle between acting towards civilization or to chaos, violence, and doing whatever they want

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Symbols in Lord of the Flies and their meanings

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Conch- authority and power
Piggy’s glasses- intelligence
The fire signal- connection to civilization

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Type of descriptive language that an author uses to communicate and convey vivid images, sounds, and other sensory details to the reader.

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Figurative language

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It compares one thing to another using the words “like” or “as”.

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Simile

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Compares two things without using the words “like” or “as”.

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Metaphor

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Gives human characteristics or abilities to something that is not human

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Personification

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Expresses obvious exaggeration

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Hyperbole

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Refers or alludes to an event in history, literature, or art

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Allusion

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The part represents the whole

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Synecdoche

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Phrase that seems to contradict itself because it expresses opposite concepts

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Oxymoron

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The repetition of identical or similar sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

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Alliteration

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The highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of the story

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Climax

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The answer or solution to a conflict, problem, etc

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Resolution

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Used to introduce information about events, settings, characters, etc. to the readers

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Exposition

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It is what happens after the main problem of the story has been solved

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Falling action

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The author gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story

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Foreshadow

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The development of conflict and complications in a story

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Rising action

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One thing (object, person, place) used to represent something else

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Symbol

23
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The central figure with whom we usually sympathize or identify

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Protagonist (hero)

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The figure who opposes the protagonist and creates the conflict

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Antagonist (villain)

25
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The figure whose personality traits are the opposite of the main character’s.

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Foil

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Refers to the time, geographical locations, and the environment and circumstances that appear in a story

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Setting

27
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Series of events in which every occurrence has a specific purpose. What the book is about.

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Plot

28
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Coveys information about events that occurred earlier.

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Flashback

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Is the problem in the story. Provides excitement and makes possible the growth and development of the protagonist’s character.

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Conflict

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Types of conflicts

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Man vs man
Man vs society
Man vs nature
Man vs self

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Main, underlying idea of a piece of literature

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Theme

32
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Author of Catcher in the Rye

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J.D. Salinger

33
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Setting Catcher in the Rye

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Late 1940s or early 1950s in New York

34
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Protagonist Catcher in the Rye

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Holden Caulfield

35
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Conflict Catcher in the Rye

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Holden is struggling because part of him wants to be an adult but at the same a child

36
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Symbols Catcher in the Rye

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Catcher in the Rye- Holden’s dream job
Red hunting hat- security, protection
Museum- it stays still, never changes
Ducks in Central Park- change is not permanent but cyclical

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Author The Outsiders

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S.E. Hinton

38
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Setting The Outsiders

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Mid-1960s in Tulsa, Oklahoma

39
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Protagonist The Outsiders

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Ponyboy Curtis

40
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Conflict The Outsiders

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The clash between the gangs: Socs and Greasers

41
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Symbols The Outsiders

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Blade- authority
Cars- Soc’s power and Greaser’s vulnerability
Bob’s rings- wealth
Greaser hair- distinction from others

42
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Author The Old man and the Sea

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Ernest Hemingway

43
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Year of publication TOMATS

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1952

44
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Setting TOMATS

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Havana, Cuba in late 1940s

45
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Protagonist TOMATS

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Santiago

46
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Conflict TOMATS

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An Santiago fights with a fish for three days

47
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Symbols TOMATS

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Marlin- strength, glory, grandness

Shovel nosed sharks- destruction

48
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Author To Kill a Mockingbird

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Harper Lee

49
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Year of publication TKM

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1960

50
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Setting TKM

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Between 1933-1935 in Maycomb, Alabama

51
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Protagonist TKM

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Scout Finch

52
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Conflict TKM

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Tom Robinson is accused of rape and he gets a trial. Scout’s and Jem’s childhood gets threatened by bad things people do.

53
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Symbols TKM

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Mockingbirds- innocence, goodness

Gifts from Boo to the kids- friendship, kindness, trust

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