Reading Comprehension Template
This is a template of the reading comprehension map for Ms. Moix's English class.
Reading Comprehension Template
by Cooper McClellan
1. Author
1.1. William Golding
1.2. Date of birth and death
1.3. American
1.4. About
2. General Info
2.1. Date of publishing
2.2. Fiction
2.3. Original Language
2.4. a deserted island
3. Plot
3.1. The children crash and are stuck on and island where Ralph gains control.
3.2. Jack want the power and would take it from Ralph
3.3. They split into to groups though ralph leads the on e with only 4 people in it
3.4. Ralph's group gets cought by jacks savages and the twins join jacks side and Ralph gets away
3.5. They trap ralph and plan to kill him
3.6. Ralph runs until he finds a boat crewman on the beach who saves them
4. Themes, Allusions & Symbols
4.1. One of the themes are the thought of peace and keeping it. And the thought that they need to be together to survive.
4.2. And the fact that the conch and how it brings civilization. And how the glasses represent Fire because it's the only way they can make it
4.3. An allusion that happens a lot is the fact that there British and they should be civilized. And the fact that they refer to them self as the savages of the old times.
5. Characters
5.1. Ralph
5.2. Piggy
5.3. Jack
6. Vocabulary
6.1. Section 1
6.1.1. Castanet means small pieces of wood joined together and then clicked together.
6.1.2. Vicissitudes means an unpleasant change in circumstance.
6.2. Section 2
6.2.1. blemishes a small mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something.
6.2.2. Jeer is to mock physically or mentally.
6.3. Section 3
6.3.1. Impervious something that can't be penetrated or gotten past.
6.3.2. To rebuke is to critizied sharply
6.4. Section 4
6.4.1. Myopia is nearsightedness
6.4.2. Elephantine means something the size of and elephant