Lord of the Flies: Ch. 1-2 Vocabulary

Pick the word the best fits in the blank: Charlie was filled with ____________ after he tripped over his own shoelaces.

• ebullience

• mortification

• effulgence

• officious

Which word means "polite or restrained; in good taste"?

• motif

• scar

• specious

• decorous

Pick the best word to fill in the blank: Someone who is being held prisoner is ____________.

• immured

• officious

• specious

• ebullience

One way that we can find a theme within a story is to look for patterns and ideas that are dominant, or come up a lot. What is a word for these patterns and ideas?

• motif

• mortification

• specious

• immured

Another word for something that is misleading?

• effulgence

• specious

• decorous

• officious

Pick the word that best fills in the blank: Storm's ___________ was infectious and everyone felt cheerier after speaking with them.

• mortification

• motif

• ebullience

• effulgence

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of "officious"?

• an accusation in response to one from someone else

• energy and cheerfulness

• filled with authority but in an annoying or domineering way

• something that is possible but not the case; misleading

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When someone accuses you of something and you accuse them in response to their accusation, that is a...

• ebullience

• effulgence

• mortification

• recrimination

This word means "a rocky outcrop; dug up earth".

• scar

• motif

• effulgence

• immured

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Pick the word that best fills in the blank: The sun shining on the lake created a beautiful ____________.

• scar

• motif

• effulgence

• ebullience

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4