Allusions and Analogies

What is the allusion commonly used for Cinderella?

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the common allusion for Goofy?

• to be a coward
• to be sinful
• to be silly
• All of the above

How is the allusion Adam and Eve commonly used?

• committing a sin
• being in love
  being in love
• being lazy
• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

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

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

 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

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What kind of Allusion is this?

• Literary
• Mythological
• Biblical 
• Historical

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

• Allusion
• Not an Allusion