Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies vocabulary
Theme Setting character
Literary Devices
more Lord of the Flies vocabulary
100

This character has two medical condition, wearing glasses and having asthma.

Who is Piggy?

100

The kids in the boat passed through a gentle _____ before reaching the ocean.

What is lagoon?

100

This refers to both the location and the time period for a story

what is the setting?

100

"Like a thunderbolt, he fell"

What is a simile?

100

I always ______ my food extra fast when I'm really hungry.

What is devour?

200

Ralph only wanted one thing, and he was constantly telling other kids how important keeping the fire going was for this

what is being rescued?

200

The little dog started to _____ when he saw a much bigger dog.

What is quiver?

200

The ______ tries to stop the hero from accomplishing their goal

What is an antagonist?

200

The chair started to cry and feel sad because it was worried that someone would break it

What is anthropomorphism?

200

I began to feel ____ when the bell rang and I realized we had a four day weekend.

What is exhilaration?

300

This character found out the truth of the Beast, before being killed

Who is Simon?

300

After years of wearing them, her jeans started to get ____ where they were too long and dragged on the ground

What is frayed?

300

"He has grey eyes and black hair. He wore light blue jeans on his long legs. His white teeth shine when he smiles at strangers walking by. His eyes light up when he sees his friend further down on the sidewalk."

What is characterization?

300

In this poem, a bouqet of flowers arrive at a couples house, but the dying flowers quickly become a ______ for the couple's marriage

what is a metaphor?

300

The ocean's surface was _____ from the light of the Moon

what is gleaming?

400

When they first start getting nervous, several kids suggest that this is just something about human nature or within themselves.

What is the Beast?

400

My father ______d my decision to buy a new car since I wouldn't be able to afford it.

what is rebuked?

400

This describes characters who are either well-developed and complex, or simple and one-sided

What are flat and round characters?

400

In Lord of the Flies, an example of this could be when Simon tells Ralph "I think you'll get back alright"

what is foreshadowing?

400

The ______ children walked slowly through the zoo, staring at everything and asking questions every few seconds.

What is inquisitive?

500

Ralph runs into this while running from the hunters towards the end, gets scared and breaks it

What is the skull from the pig's head on a stick?

500

He looked _______ at his messy room, thinking about how much work it would be to clean.

What is distastefully?

500

A character that exhibits opposite or conflicting traits - such as how Jack is described as especially mean and aggressive in order to position Ralph as a nicer and more peaceful leader.

What is a foil?

500

An example of this is the phrase "truth is stranger than fiction"

what is a paradox?

500

My friend was sweating all over when he came out of the _____ and steaming sauna.

What is torrid?