Irony is using words to bring a meaning opposite of the literal meaning. Allusion is doing or saying something directly by implication. And symbolism is using things or investing things with symbolic meaning. Irony ties into Lord of the Flies because, in the book Ralph tells the boys to do many things and to follow by the rules they all agreed on and all of the boys especially the hunters and the younger kids do not obey his orders and there are major consequences to that. Allusion is applied in Lord of the Flies when Ralph tells all of the boys what to do, or when Jack is bossing Piggy around, there are many more examples but those are two of the best. And symbolism is used in Lord of the Flies with the conch shell and the fire, everyone on the island uses the conch shell to keep order and power restricted with everyone so that anyone can say what they need to, and the fire is a symbol of hope and a chance of being rescued, all of the boys rely on the fire for a possible passing ship to see and to cook their food so it also can symbolize survival as well.
 
~Mikayla Mohn