a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
What is a metaphor?
100
The boy with asthma and glasses.
Who is Piggy?
100
"Sucks to your assmar!"
What did Ralph say?
100
"The Chief has spoken"
What was said about Jack?
100
A pattern of sound that includes the repetition of consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
200
It is a unit of beats (rhythm) in poetry.
What is a meter?
200
Dat boi who threw rocks at Henry.
Who is dat boi Roger?
200
"Fun and games"
What did the naval officer say?
200
"Then dog-like, uncomfortably on all fours"
What was said about Jack?
200
"Who thinks Ralph oughtn't to be chief?"
What did Jack say?
300
It is an understatement.
What is a euphemism?
300
A pig's head.
Who is Beelzebub represented as in the book?
300
"Maybe, maybe there is a beast"
What did Simon say?
300
"My poor misguided boy"
What was said about Simon.
300
An association that comes along with a particular word.
What is connotation?
400
It is an exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
400
Represents Jesus Christ in the book.
Who is Simon?
400
"Ralph- they ought to shut up. Oughtn't they?"
What did Piggy say?
400
"He was a skinny, vivid little boy with a glance coming up from under a hut of straight hair that hug down, black and coarse"
What was said about Simon?
400
A recurring important idea or image.
What is a motif?
500
Two opposite ideas joined to create an effect.
What is an oxymoron?
500
Long enough for Percival to forget his address and for the boys to grow long hair.
How long have they been on the island?
500
"Maybe it's only us"
What did Simon say?
500
"He noticeably darker than when he had dropped in but the shock of black hair down his nape and lower his forehead seemed to suit his gloomy face and made what had seemed at first an unsociable remoteness into something forbidding"