Figurative Language
A comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
He wears glasses and has ashma.
Who is Piggy?
The person who gets sick from eating rotten fruit in chapter 4.
Who is Littluns?
Something in literature which represents a single idea or theme
What is a symbol?
A softer way of saying something.
What is a euphemism?
The boys end up on the island because of this.
According to Ralph in chapter 5, this is the most important task on the island.
What is maintaining the fire?
A story with a second meaning about issues like racism, the environment, etc.
What is a social allegory?
Words with similar sounding first letters.
What is alliteration?
The only person who helps Ralph build shelter in chapter 3.
Who is Simon?
Piggy says he is afraid of this person in chapter 5.
Who is Jack?
What is a symbol?
An unrealisitic exaggeration for dramatic effect.
What is hyperbole?
This goes wrong at the end of chapter 2
He comes down from the sky in chapter 6.
What is a dead parachutist?
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia)
What is a religious allegory?
A reference to a commonly-known thing or person
What is allusion?
The name given for the youngest boys on the island.
Who is Littluns?
The war happening both in the outside world and the boy's island in chapter 6 is an example of this.
What is irony?
Animal Farm
What is a historical allegory?