Allegory and Allusion

What is Allusion?

• A type of poem

• A direct reference to something

• An indirect reference to a place, person, or thing

• A type of metaphor

What is Allegory?

• A reference within a work

• A work that reveals a hidden meaning

• A work that has a moral imbedded in it

• All of the above

Which is an example of Allusion

• The fish swam through time

• The men spread as the black plague.

• He ran as a horse.

• The cat slept deep.

Draw Buttercup as a break

(Actually Draw it.)

Write an example of Allusion (To the best of your ability)

Answer explanation

Good job for trying!

Find an example of Allegory within the book.

Answer explanation

The hint was the image by the way.

Which of these is an Allegory?

• The Hunger Games is meant to represent a dictatorship

• The Hunger Games can represent early America rebelling from England with it's 13 districts

• The Hunger Games' Mockingjay is seen as a form of silent rebellion despite it's use against the people.

• None of the above.

Answer explanation

An Allegory is an underlying meaning throughout an entire text.