Literary Devices
Characters
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"I got my glasses back" is an example of:
Alliteration.
100
Ralph, Piggy, and SamnEric call Jack's "tribe" not singularly by name, but as a whole. What do the boys call Jack's group, and why is the concealing paint significant to Jack and the others?
They are called Savages, and the concealing paint brings a sort of liberation into savagery (p. 172).
100
Who murdered Piggy?
He was murdered by Roger. (p. 181).
100
What killed Piggy?
A large boulder.
100
Who said "You're a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!"?
Ralph (p. 179).
200
"Four plate-like shadows dancing and mingling beneath them" is an example of:
Personification.
200
Which character says "What can he do more than he already has? I'll tell him whats what. You let me carry the conch... I'll show him the one thing he hasn't got"?
Piggy (p. 171).
200
What happens to the conch in this chapter?
The conch shatters during Piggy's death.
200
How far did Piggy fall when he was killed?
40 feet.
200
What type of literary device is "After all we aren't savages really, and being rescued isn't a game."?
Alliteration (p. 170).
300
"There was no sign left of the storm, and the beach was swept clean like a blade that has been scoured" is an example of:
Simile.
300
The sentence 'Piggy peered anxiously into the luminous veil that hung between him and the world' describes how Piggy sees figures without the aid of his specs. What was stolen from him, by whom, and why?
Piggy's specs were stolen by Jack and his tribe because they wanted to make a cooking fire.
300
What are the names of the four boys that are still a part of the original tribe?
Ralph, SamnEric, and Piggy.
300
What does the shattering of the conch symbolize?
It symbolizes the end of civilization and order collapsing, giving way to savagery.
300
What literary device is "Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed." is an example of:
Simile
400
"Zup!" is an example of:
Onomatopoeia.
400
Who says "I say! You voted me for chief. Didn't you hear the conch? You played a dirty trick-we'd have given you fire if you asked for it-"?
Ralph (p. 176).
400
Who is captured by the savages (Jack's tribe) at the end of the chapter?
SamnEric.
400
Who starts to fight and what do they use as weapons?
Jack and Ralph fight, and they use spears.
400
What is the name of the boy that acts as the main authority in Jack's tribe. (hint: he had something to do with Piggy's death).
Roger, who, at the end of the chapter, beats SamnEric and murdered Piggy.
500
"Then the sea breathed again in a long, slow sigh." is an example of: (hint: there are two literary devices)
Alliteration and Personification.
500
How does the sentence "Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever" show character development?
Roger started out as a nice, quiet, unnoticed character. Now, in chapter 11, he has become the master of punishment (p. 180).
500
Where is Jack's new camp?
Castle Rock
500
Why do Ralph and his tribe go to Castle Rock in the first place?
They go to get Piggy's specs and to get fire.
500
Why are Ralph and his small group worried that Jack and his tribe will be painted?
This is because the the paint might represent the hunt. Since Jack and his tribe is usually painted when they hunt for pigs, the boys might take the face paint as symbol of them being marked as prey.
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