Lord of the Flies Figurative Language

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

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

“ …a clean flag of flameflying…”

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

“…the tears leapt from his eyes…”

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

“…the heat hit him…”

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

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

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3