Literary Devices and Allusions

Why do authors use allusions?

• A. To make meaningful connections between texts
• B. To engage readers in an inside joke
• C. To provide new and meaningful connections to the plot, characters, or setting.
• All of the above

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the allusion commonly used for Cinderella?

• hard work
• hard work and bad treatment
• being ignored 
• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who was Narcissus

• a man who loved himself and stared at his own reflection
• a man who hated other people and plotted revenge
• a man who fell in love but destroyed the love with jealousy
• All of the above

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Allusion is defined as______

• Two lines working as a unit
• A reference to a famous  person, place, or event
• A form of wordplay with similar sounding sounds
• Words that involve one of the five senses

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following is not an example of an allusion?

• She transformed her backyard to look like the Garden of Eden.
• His wife was his Achilles' heel.
• He lies so much, I'm surprised his nose doesn't grow like Pinnochio's.
• We'll miss him so much because he was the best dog ever.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following is true about allusions

• Allusions are indirect references that may sometimes be obvious and sometimes obscure
• Allusions are written in quotation marks.
• Allusions are always stated as a comparison, as in 'He was as strong as Hercules.'
• All of the above

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

 Which of the following lines from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet contains an allusion

• Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt’s death
• And therefore have I little talked of love
• For Venus smiles not in a house of tears
• All of the above

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the purpose of this allusion

• A. To provide meaningful connections between texts. 
• B. To engage the reader in an inside joke.
• C. To give more insight to the character
• D. Both A and B

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In the fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," a shepherd boy repeatedly tricks people in his village by falsely claiming that a wolf is coming to eat his flock. When a wolf actually comes and the boy cries for help, nobody believes him or comes to his aid.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Lucy warned her youngest son not to cry wolf while wrestling with his older brother.

• to raise a false alarm
• to make howling sounds

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.4A

In a well-known folktale, Chicken Little is accidentally hit by something and jumps to the conclusion that the sky is falling and that she must spread the news of imminent disaster.
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
The weather forecast called for clear skies, making my grandfather look like Chicken Little.

• A person who spreads alarming news of imminent disaster
• A person who greets trouble with a cheery disposition

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.4A