ATTWN
The Odyssey
Lord of the Flies
Literary Techniques
Author
100

This character was guilty of allowing a young boy to drown

Who is: Vera Claythorne

100

a long, adventurous journey

one word answer

What is: Odyssey 

100

This character had red hair, and an obsession with hunting in the book

Who is Jack
100

writing based on facts

Nonfiction

100

This author was a nurse before writing

Who is: Agatha Christie

200

an element of foreshadowing, Agatha Christie would have learned as a child

what is: the nursery rhyme

200
Home of Odysseus

Ithica

200

This character represented good and kindness, his death was caused by mob mentality and symbolized the death of kindness on the island

Who is: Simon

200

Theme

universal idea explored through a literary work 

200

List 2 authors from England

William Golding

Agatha Christie

Semester 1

William Shakespeare 

Saki

300

All the guests on the island have this in common

What is: a crime that went unpunished

300

Odysseus left here on a raft

What is: Calypso's island

300

This character was elected chief because: 

Who is Ralph, he had the conch

300
List an example of color symbolism: 

Red can mean angry or danger 

Blue can mean sad/depressed 

300

Little is known about this author

Homer

400

This reoccurring event made the characters uncomfortable

What is: the soldier figurines disappearing 

400
A family member Odysseus spots in the underworld 

His mother

Anticlea

400

This symbolized the evil inside humanity

The Lord of the Flies

400

The ideas and themes inside a novel can be interpreted to reveal a deeper meaning about the ENTIRE work (novel) 

Allegory

400

Epic were told verbally often to lyrics, the author credited with The Iliad and the Odyssey was blind and likely could not write

Who is: Homer

500

Who wrote the nursery rhyme? 

Frank Green

500

A god that was angry at Odysseus

Poseidon, for blinding his son

Zeus, Odysseus crew ate the sacred cattle

 

500

The naval officer at the end of the story says " ..."

" [I] would have [thought you] would have been able to put up a better show than that" 

500

Characters,events, and items are used to represent deeper meaning and ideas beyond the literal 

Symbolism

500

His experience as a schoolteacher and soldier in WWII influenced his worldviews and writing 

Who is: William Golding 

Author of Lord of the Flies

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