1. Literary Terms Chapter 2
Lord of the Flies
Literary Terms
Chapter 2

2. Figurative Language
Any language that is used BUT not meant to be taken literally.
It is instead used to create a special effect or feeling.
EX: Go take a LONG walk of a short pier.

3. Simile A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.
EX: “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.” Forrest Gump 

4. Metaphor
A comparison of two unlike things in which no word of comparison (as or like) is used.
EX: Life is a dream.

5. Symbol
A person, place, thing, or event used to represent something else.
EX: The dove=symbol of peace
The American Flag= Unity, Freedom
Examples from LotF chapter 2
-Conch shell -the beastie
-the fire -Piggy’s glasses

6. Verbal Irony
Irony in which the writer says one thing and means another
EX: “The best substitute for experience is being thirteen.”

7. foreshadowing
Giving hints of what is to come later in a story.