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Lord of the Flies - Illustrating and Supporting Points

This GCSE English Literature quiz helps you choose and explain quotations from Lord of the Flies so you can build stronger exam paragraphs about characters, themes and symbols.

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Fascinating Fact:

Jack’s declaration “I’m not going to play any longer” provides evidence for arguments about rebellion, pride, and the rejection of rules.

In GCSE English Literature, you must support your ideas with well chosen quotations. In Lord of the Flies, short lines of dialogue and vivid description can be powerful evidence in PEE or PEEL paragraphs.

Key Terms

Point: The clear idea or argument you make in a paragraph, usually answering part of the exam question.
Evidence: A short, accurate quotation from the text that backs up your point and shows where your idea comes from.
Analysis: Your explanation of how the quotation works, including word choices, techniques and links to themes or characters.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

How do I choose good quotations for Lord of the Flies essays?

Choose short quotations that clearly show a character’s attitude, a key event or a major theme. Look for strong verbs, images or contrasts that you can zoom in on in your analysis.

How many quotations should I use in a GCSE Literature paragraph?

Most GCSE paragraphs work well with one or two focused quotations. It is better to explore a short quote in depth than to list many longer quotations without detailed analysis.

What is an embedded quotation in English essays?

An embedded quotation is a short piece of the text built smoothly into your own sentence. This helps your writing sound fluent and keeps the focus on your point rather than a long quote.

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Read the text from Lord of the Flies and then choose the answer which best uses evidence in support of a point. The right answer will also be grammatically correct.

1 .

"On the other side of the island, swathed at midday with mirage, defended by the shield of the quiet lagoon, one might dream of rescue; but here, faced by the brute obtuseness of the ocean, the miles of division, one was clamped down"

The lagoon is a place of illusion "swathed at midday with mirage", where the boys "might dream of rescue"

The lagoon is a place of illusion "swathed at midday with mirage", where one might "dream of rescue"

The lagoon is a place of illusion swathed at midday with mirage, where the boys might dream of rescue

The lagoon is a place of illusion swathed at midday with "mirage" and where the boys might dream of "rescue"

Be sure to place quotation marks around the full quotation. Here, "the boys" has been substituted for "one" and therefore does not need to be placed within quotation marks

2 .

"'Meetings. Don't we love meetings? Every day. Twice a day. We talk.' He got up on one elbow. 'I bet if I blew the conch this minute, they'd come running. Then we'd be, you know, very solemn, and someone would say we ought to build a jet, or a submarine, or a TV set. When the meeting was over they'd work for five minutes then wander off or go hunting"

Ralph is frustrated by the way the other boys have unrealistic plans when they say we ought "to build a jet, or a submarine, or a TV set"

Ralph is frustrated by the way the other boys have unrealistic plans when they say we ought to build a jet, or a submarine, or a TV set

Ralph implies that the other boys only like to talk and have fun and that their plans are unrealistic

Ralph implies that the "other boys" only like to "talk" and have fun and that their plans are unrealistic

Remember that paraphrasing is a very practical way of using the text to support a point. It is not necessary to place quotation marks around the word "talk", since it is a common word being used with its normal meaning

3 .

"'Life,' said Piggy, expansively, 'is scientific, that's what it is. In a year or two when the war's over they'll be travelling to Mars and back'"

Piggy's belief that "life is scientific" does not explain away the fear of the "beast" that the little boys have developed

Piggy's belief that "life is scientific" does not explain away the fear of the "beast" that the "littluns" have developed

Piggy's belief that "life is scientific" does not explain away the fear of the Beast that the little boys have developed

All of the above

It is acceptable, although not necessary, to place "beast" in quotation marks to show that the fear is not founded on an actual beast living on the island (capitalising the word as "Beast", also demonstrates this point). It is also acceptable to use "littluns" here because the sentence is quoting the older boys' term for the group of children Piggy is addressing

4 .

"Someone was moaning outside and a babble of voices rose. A fierce argument was going on and the wounded savage kept groaning"

By the end of the novel, most of the boys have completed a transformation from people with names, to people known by their occupation as hunters, to people known for their wildness, savages

By the end of the novel, most of the boys have completed a transformation from "people with names", to people known by their occupation as "hunters", to people known for their wildness, "savages"

By referring to the "wounded boy" as a "savage", Golding emphasises the loss of "civilisation" on the island

By referring to the wounded boy as a savage, Golding emphasises the loss of "civilisation" on the island

Remember how useful paraphrasing can be! Quotations are not always necessary

5 .

"In front of them, only three or four yards away, was a rock-like hump where no rock should be. Ralph could hear a tiny chattering noise coming from somewhere - perhaps from his own mouth. He bound himself together with his will, fused his fear and loathing into hatred, and stood up"

Ralph deliberately creates the feeling of hatred out of fear and disgust: "he fused his fear and loathing into hatred"

Ralph deliberately creates the feeling of hatred out of fear and disgust: he fused his fear and loathing into hatred

Ralph deliberately creates the feeling of hatred out of "fear" and "disgust": he "fused his fear and loathing into hatred"

Ralph deliberately creates the feeling of hatred out of fear and disgust: he "fused his fear and loathing into hatred"

Following a point with a colon is a useful way to introduce a supportive quotation

6 .

"There was no place for standing on one's head. This time Ralph expressed the intensity of his emotion by pretending to knock Simon down; and soon they were a happy, heaving pile in the under-dusk"

Ralph shows how he feels by playfully standing on his head and "pretending to knock Simon down"

Ralph shows how he feels by playfully "standing on his head" and "pretending to knock Simon down"

Ralph expresses the intensity of his emotion by being playful

Ralph "expresses the intensity of his emotion" by being playful

Remember that the quoted words should exactly match those in the text being quoted

7 .

"Ralph took the shell from Piggy and a little water ran down his arm. In colour the shell was deep cream, touched here and there with fading pink. Between the point, worn away into a little hole, and the pink lips of the mouth, lay eighteen inches of shell with a slight spiral twist and covered with a delicate, embossed pattern"

The conch is depicted as a precious object, deep cream and fading pink in colour, with a "slight spiral twist" and a "delicate, embossed pattern"

The conch is depicted as a precious object, deep cream and fading pink in colour, with a slight spiral twist and a delicate, embossed pattern

The conch is depicted as a precious object, "deep cream" and "fading pink" in colour, with a "slight spiral twist" and a "delicate, embossed pattern"

The conch is depicted as a precious object, "deep cream" and "fading pink" in colour, with a slight "spiral twist" and a delicate, "embossed pattern"

While ordinary words, such as the simple colour names, pink and cream, do not need to be quoted, nuanced terms, such as "fading pink" should be placed in quotation marks

8 .

"Simon's head was tilted slightly up. His eyes could not break away and the Lord of the Flies hung in space before him"

The "Lord of the Flies" is the head of the slaughtered pig mounted on a stick, but its position, hung in space, makes it seem supernatural

The "Lord of the Flies" is the head of the slaughtered "pig" mounted on a stick, but its position, hung in space, makes it seem supernatural

The "Lord of the Flies" is the head of the slaughtered pig mounted on a stick, but its position, "hung in space", makes it seem supernatural

The Lord of the Flies is the head of the slaughtered "pig" mounted on a stick, but its position, "hung in space", makes it seem "supernatural"

Very short quotations can work well when placed in the middle of a clear, grammatically correct sentence

9 .

"The beast was on its knees in the centre, its arms folded over its face. It was crying out against the abominable noise something about a body on the hill. The beast struggled forward, broke the ring and fell over the steep edge of the rock to the sand by the water. At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws"

Simon is shown not to be a "beast", but a "human being", with "knees", "arms", "face" and a "voice". By contrast, the other boys have beastly features, such as "teeth and claws"

Simon is shown not to be a "beast", but a human being, with "knees", "arms", "face" and a voice. By contrast, the other boys have beastly features, such as "teeth and claws"

Simon is shown not to be a beast, but a human being, with knees, "arms", face and a voice. By contrast, the other boys have beastly features, such as "teeth and claws"

Simon is shown not to be a "beast", but a human being, with "knees", "arms", "face" and a voice. By contrast, the other boys have beastly features, such as teeth and claws

Although it is not usually a good idea to use lots of short quotations in a sentence, it works very well when the short quotations are in a list

10 .

"Ralph turned to the sea. The horizon stretched, impersonal once more, barren of all but the faintest trace of smoke. Ralph ran stumbling along the rocks, saved himself on the edge of the pink cliff, and screamed at the ship"

Ralph's horror at the missed opportunity for rescue is shown by his screaming and by the description of the horizon as impersonal once more

Ralph's horror at the missed opportunity for rescue is shown by his screaming and by the description of the horizon as "impersonal once more"

Ralph's horror at the missed opportunity for rescue is shown by the "impersonal" horizon and by his "screaming at the ship"

Ralph's horror at the missed opportunity for rescue is shown by the impersonal horizon and by his "screaming at the ship"

This point made in this answer is supported by reference to Ralph's screaming and by quoting an interesting phrase in which Golding illustrates the indifference of the sea to the plight of the boys

You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Lord of the Flies

Author: Sheri Smith (PhD English Literature, English Teacher & Quiz Writer)