Lord of the Flies Figurative Language

“…who perched like black birds on the criss-crosstrunks…”

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Simile

• Hyperbole

“We’ve got to make smokeup there – or die.”

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

“ …a clean flag of flameflying…”

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

“…the tears leapt from his eyes…”

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

“…the heat hit him…”

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

"The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold that slid nearer the sill of the world."

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

When Jack is hunting, how does Golding describe him?

• like a sophisticated hunter using modern technology

• like and animal hunting in a pack

• like a child who is pretending to hunt

• like a primitive human

On a thematic level, why is the following quote significant? "He accepted the piece of half-raw meat and gnawed it like a wolf."

• It shows how hungry the boys are

• It shows how much the boys have missed meat

• it shows the boys losing their humanity and civility

• it shows the boys do not have utensils on the mountain, so they must eat like animals

What kind of figurative language is used in the following sentence? "He accepted the piece of half-raw meat and gnawed it like a wolf."

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is used in the phrase 'The conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist'?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Hyperbole

• D) Personification