Name the Figurative Language in Lord of the Flies – Flashcards
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Personification
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"The great rock loitered, poised on one toe, decided not to return..."
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Personification
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"Small flames... crawled away... scrambled up..."
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Simile
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"One patch touched a tree trunk and scrambled up like a bright squirrel."
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Metaphor
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"This toy of voting was almost as pleasing as the conch."
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Personification
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"...little breezes crept..." / " the palm fronds would whisper..."
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"...who perched like black birds on the criss-cross trunks..."
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Personification
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" ...was only invaded by the sea at high tide..."
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Simile
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"...the lagoon was still as a mountain lake..."
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Hyperbole
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"We've got to make smoke up there - or die."
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Alliteration
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" ...a clean flag of flame flying..."
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Simile
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"...the sun gazed down like an angry eye..."
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Simile
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"The rock was as large as a small motor car."
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Metaphor
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"...and played leapfrog on his thighs."
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Alliteration
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"The boys began to babble."
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"...but it was thick and woven like a bird's nest."
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Onomatopoeia
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"...that buzzed..."
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Personification
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"...the tears leapt from his eyes..."
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Hyperbole
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"I told you a dozen times now"
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Simile
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"...thunder went off like a gun."
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Alliteration
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"... spread along, a series of short sharp cries, the sighting call."
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Allusion
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"Treasure Island" / "Swallows and Amazons" / "Coral Island"
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2 Metaphors
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"...beard of flame..." / "...river of sparks..."
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Personification
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"...the fire growled at them."
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Simile
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"... as though a giant had bent down to reproduce the shape of the island in a flowing chalk line..."
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Anaphora
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"...one was clamped down, one was helpless, one was condemned, one was—"
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Synecdoche
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"Their heads clustered above the trunks in the green shade..."
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Metaphor
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" ...then returned as a fighter-plane..."
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Allusion
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"...Three blind mice..."
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Personification
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"...the heat hit him..."
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Simile
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"His hair was full of dirt and trapped like the tendrils of a creeper."
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Metaphor
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"The beach between the palm terrace and the water was a thin stick..."
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Onomatopoeia
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"Sche-aa-ow!"
