Lord of the Flies takes place on an unnamed, uninhabited tropical island in the Pacific Ocean during a fictional worldwide war around the year 1950. The boys arrive on the island when an airplane that was presumably evacuating them crashes.
11. ADV (<em>Although many tornadoes occur throughout the United States </em>is an adverbial subordinate clause because it functions as an adverb expressing concession.)
12. ADJ (This sentence contains two adjectival clauses coordinated with one another with the conjunction <em>or</em>.)
13. N (<em>that trucks can no longer travel on Grove Street</em> is a noun subordinate clause because it functions as a noun in this sentence and it is the object of the verb <em>heard</em>.)
14. ADV (<em>before you put it in the freezer</em> is an adverbial subordinate clause, because it functions as an adverb, which expresses time.)
15. ADV (<em>Since I will have a test in Spanish</em> is an adverbial subordinate clause because it functions as an adverb expressing reason.)
<span>This line tells the reader that Mr. Bass has not understood how important the tree is to Gustus; the words vaguely remembered show that he hasn't paid much attention to the tree or to why Gustus cares about it so deeply. that it</span>
