Lord of the Flies - Figurative Language - Chapter 7

Metaphor is

• Comparison between two things that are unlike in most ways, except one key way, and doesn't use like or as

• Comparison between two things that are unlike in most ways, except one key way, and does use like or as

• Repetition of the same letters which improves the sound quality of the sentence

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

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Simile is

• Comparison between two things that are unlike in most ways, except one key way, and doesn't use like or as

• Comparison between two things that are unlike in most ways, except one key way, and does use like or as

• Repetition of the same letters which improves the sound quality of the sentence

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

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Personification is

• Comparison between two things that are unlike in most ways, except one key way, and doesn't use like or as

• Comparison between two things that are unlike in most ways, except one key way, and does use like or as

• Repetition of the same letters which improves the sound quality of the sentence

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

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Alliteration is

• Comparison between two things that are unlike in most ways, except one key way, and doesn't use like or as

• Comparison between two things that are unlike in most ways, except one key way, and does use like or as

• Repetition of the same letters which improves the sound quality of the sentence

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

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Imagery is

• Strong adjectives that paint a picture with references to the five senses - touch, taste, etc.

• Comparison between two things that are unlike in most ways, except one key way, and does use like or as

• Repetition of the same letters which improves the sound quality of the sentence

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

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Hyperbole is

• Comparison between two things that are unlike in most ways, except one key way, and doesn't use like or as

• Comparison between two things that are unlike in most ways, except one key way, and does use like or as

• Repetition of the same letters which improves the sound quality of the sentence

• A metaphorical exaggeration for dramatic or comedic effect

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The audience knowing that the "beast" on the mountain peak is just a dead parachutist, while the characters don't know, is an example of

• Dramatic irony

• Sibilance alliteration

• Juxtaposition

• Paradox

“I found a pig-run. It went for miles.”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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This side of the castle, perhaps a hundred feet high, was the pink

bastion they had seen from the mountain-top.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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It took Ralph at low water when his nerve was relaxed for the

return to the shelter and the still, friendly waters of the lagoon.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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