Literary Elements
Characters
Plot
Dystopian Traits
Locations
100
To invoke an audience's emotions, such as a feeling of sadness or pity.
What is Pathos?
100
This character is shy, quiet, and a witness to the Lord of the Flies.
What is Simon?
100
The object with which Ralph calls meetings for the boys.
What is the Conch?
100
A situation in which there is a self-proclaimed leader that makes life miserable for his/her people.
What is Tyranny?
100
The location Ralph and Piggy discovered the Conch Shell?
What is the Lagoon
200
To use logic to persuade an audience.
What is Logos?
200
The "brains" of the boys on the Island, this character is often mistreated by the other boys.
What is Piggy?
200
When these broke, Piggy became half blind.
What are the Glasses?
200
The reference to a higher power in the matter of a subject, however irrelevant the power may be.
What is Appeal to Authority?
200
The place in which Jack's tribe resides, and the location of Piggy's death.
What is Castle Rock?
300
To give an inanimate object human traits, such as talking, moving, or thinking.
What is Personification?
300
The nominated chief of the boys, this character tries to get the rest of the group to increase their chances of survival.
What is Ralph?
300
After seeing the true beast, Simon arrives at this and is killed by the new tribesmen.
What is the Feast?
300
This is normally forbidden or looked down upon in a Dystopian setting.
What is Independent Thought?
300
The location on which the huts were made.
What is the Beach?
400
This can be seen when you say a word or phrase, but the meaning of the word or phrase is not the literal meaning.
What is Allusion?
400
The savage among the boys, with a temper and a dislike for order, making him an antagonist of the book.
What is Jack?
400
The boys see this in the distance, inspiring them to create a Signal Fire to get its attention.
What is the Ship?
400
This can be described as the more savage becoming of the characters.
What is Abandoning the Natural World?
400
The spot in which the boys gathered and discussed matters.
What is the Platform?
500
To make a dramatic effect on a certain point or aspect.
What is Emphasis?
500
The pig head, severed from the body, placed on a sharpened stick in the ground by Roger.
What is the Lord of Flies?
500
The boys were stranded on the island because of this.
What is the Plane Crash?
500
The leadership or authority figure controlling everything their people do represents this.
What is Government Control?
500
The place on top of which the boys made the Signal Fire in hopes of rescue.
What is the Mountain?
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