Allusion
Definition: An allusion makes reference to a historical or literary person, place, or event with which the reader is assumed to be familiar. Many works of prose and poetry contain allusions to the Bible or to classical mythology.
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Lesson 1:
Answer the following questions:
1. In which of the following is an example of an allusion?
2. In which of the following is an example of an allusion?
3. In which of the following is an example of an allusion?
4. Which of the following is an example of an allusion?
5. Allusion is a reference to a students' background knowledge and their ability to make a connection to a particular story.
6. Allusion is defined as:
7. Write a sentence using literary allusion about EACH of the following:
strength
stinginess
courage
beauty
8. The Halloween production tried to create the ___________of a spooky, abandoned castle.
Answer the following questions:
1. In which of the following is an example of an allusion?
- The rain kept tapping on my shoulder.
- She is quiet as a mouse.
- He is like the Hulk when he gets angry.
- The stars shivered when the wind howled.
2. In which of the following is an example of an allusion?
- The moon smiled down on the sleepy town.
- Her smile was like the Mona Lisa's.
- Her smile lit up the whole room like rays of sunshine.
- The book babbled to the deer as they took a drink.
3. In which of the following is an example of an allusion?
- She felt the warm breeze caress her cheek.
- I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
- He was as fast as a cheetah.
- His bellowing voice shook the walls like the roar of Zeus.
4. Which of the following is an example of an allusion?
- He was a tragic hero, just like Odysseus.
- The aroma of freshly cut roses drifted across the room.
- I have run a million miles today.
- The morning is a blank canvas, waiting for me to paint a new day.
5. Allusion is a reference to a students' background knowledge and their ability to make a connection to a particular story.
- True
- False
6. Allusion is defined as:
- two lines working as a unit
- a brief reference to a person, event or place.
- a form of word play between similar sounding words
- words that involve one of the five senses
7. Write a sentence using literary allusion about EACH of the following:
strength
stinginess
courage
beauty
8. The Halloween production tried to create the ___________of a spooky, abandoned castle.
- allusion
- illusion
Lesson 2:
Read and think:
Talk about it:
1. What is the allusion in the passage?
2. What effect does this allusion have on the reader's opinion of the character?
Now you try: Write about
Read and think:
Talk about it:
1. What is the allusion in the passage?
2. What effect does this allusion have on the reader's opinion of the character?
Now you try: Write about
Lesson 3:
Read and think:
Talk about it:
1. What is the allusion in the passage?
2.
Now you try:
Read and think:
Talk about it:
1. What is the allusion in the passage?
2.
Now you try:
Lesson 4:
Read and think:
Talk about it:
1. What is the allusion in the passage?
2.
Now you try:
Read and think:
Talk about it:
1. What is the allusion in the passage?
2.
Now you try: