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When the sun sank, darkness dropped on the island like an extinguisher and soon the shelters were full of restlessness, under the remote stars.
 
simile
 
metaphor
 
irony
 
personfication
Then the sea breathed again in a long, slow sigh, the water boiled white and pink over the rock; and when it went, sucking back again, the body of Piggy was gone.
 
personification
 
allusion
 
metaphor
 
simile
A pilot with a fear of heights is a bit ________.
 
ironic
 
metaphorical
 
allegorical
 
infallible
Instantly the fire was alight...Before these fantastically attractive flowers of violet and red and yellow, unkindness melted away.
 
metaphor
 
simile
 
personification
 
irony
The subject of divorce is _______ to talk about in some cultures.
 
taboo
 
vagrant
 
sinewy
 
malevolent
The guard was ______ and protected the motorbikes carefully.
 
vigilant
 
infallible
 
synchronized
 
blatant
Make a simile or metaphor to describe your best friend.
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Which of these is an example of an anachronism?
 
Julius Caesar looking up a map of Gaul on the internet
 
Piggy wearing spectacles
 
People driving flying cars in the future
 
Nuclear weapons getting invented during WWII
Time is a thief, stealing my life from me.
 
metaphor/personification
 
simile/allusion
 
irony/symbolism
 
illustration/anachronism
Her eyes were glistening dewdrops.
 
metaphor
 
personification
 
simile
 
irony
My parents are ________ me to attend a college I don't want to go to.
 
compelling
 
quavering
 
parrying
 
cowering
An area of sea water separated from the sea by a reef or sandbar
 
lagoon
 
chorister
 
decorous
 
conch
The fog sighs and lays down over the city.
 
personification
 
simile
 
irony
 
alliteration
No one is ________. We all make mistakes.
 
infallible
 
aghast
 
a pauper
 
synchronized
My teacher couldn't hear me and I had to _______ my point.
 
reiterate
 
mar
 
investigate
 
reinvigorate
His poor singing voice was a _______ to his dreams of becoming a pop star.
 
hinderance
 
illiterate
 
vigilance
 
adulation
The "savages" who had never cared about the signal fire accidentally signaled a passing ship when they set the forest on fire trying to kill or capture Ralph.
 
irony
 
personification
 
metaphor
 
simile
Which is an example of irony?
 
Saying "It's a beautiful day!" when the weather is terrible
 
A happy ending in a play
 
Forgiving your enemies
 
Being hunted by "savages"
The darkness placed a hand on my shoulder and made me shudder.
 
personification
 
simile
 
metaphor
 
symbolism
There was no sign left of the storm, and the beach was swept clean like a blade that has been scoured.
 
simile
 
metaphor
 
personification
 
alliteration
"'Hope' is a thing with feathers that perches in the soul."
 
metaphor
 
simile
 
personification
 
allusion
Coffee is a rainbow in my heart on a dark and cloudy day.
 
metaphor
 
simile
 
personification
 
irony
In your opinion, what is the symbolic meaning of Ralph and Jack's rivalry in LOTF?
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In your opinion, what is the symbolic meaning of the signal fire in LOTF?
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In your opinion, what is the symbolic meaning of the pig's head on a stick that Simon encounters?
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What is symbolism?
 
When sth has multiple meanings or represents sth else
 
When the outcome of a story is different than expected
 
When an inanimate object takes on human traits
 
When you compare two unlike things using "like" or "as"
My heart felt as warm as the sun-soaked grasses when I saw her.
 
simile
 
metaphor
 
personfication
 
irony
Which is an example of irony?
 
Spending 10 years to pay for a necklace that ends up a fake
 
Telling jokes to your friends
 
The boys in the LOTF wearing face paint and dancing
 
Harrison Bergeron being killed by the Handicapper General
The Loisels returned to their home ______ that they had lost the necklace.
 
disconsolate
 
exorbitant
 
infallible
 
iridescent