Allusions and Figurative Language

From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet which of these lines contains an allusion?

• And therefore have I little talked of love

• For Venus smiles not in a house of tears

• Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt's death

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Noah's Ark is what type of allusion?

• Historical

• Religious

• Mythological

• Literature

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What are the three most popularly alluded works?

• The Bible, Shakespeare, and Medieval Mythology

• Shakespeare, Greek/Roman Mythology, and African Mythology.

• The Bible, Medieval Mythology, and Shakespeare

• The Bible, Shakespeare, and Greek/Roman Mythology

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Match the specific rhetorical choices to the correct category: Analogy is

• Figurative Language

• Allusion

• Syntax

• Logic and Organization

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Match the specific rhetorical choices to the correct category: Biblical references are

• Figurative Language

• Allusions

• Syntax

• Logic and Organization

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Match the specific rhetorical choices to the correct category: Symbol and Motif are

• Figurative Language

• Allusions

• Syntax

• Logic and Organization

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Match the specific rhetorical choices to the correct category: Imagery is

• Figurative Language

• Allusion

• Syntax

• Logic and Organization

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Match the specific rhetorical choices to the correct category: Simile and Metaphor are

• Figurative Language

• Allusions

• Syntax

• Logic and Organization

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

an indirect reference to a person, a piece of literature, a historical event, or another familiar thing

• allusion

• alliteration

• assonance

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

references or hints made to people, places, things, or events from literature

• Biblical allusions

• mythological allusionqui

• literary allusions

• historical allusions

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4