Word Choice - Allusions & Idioms

Word Choice

Allusion & Idioms

Allusion

a reference to a person, event, or literary

work outside the poem.

His opponent was looking for his Achilles’ heel to beat him.

His opponent was looking for his Achilles’ heel to beat him.

She’s a real Scrooge with her money.

You may be having a rough time now, but don’t worry, the

sun will come out tomorrow.

He is a kind man and has the patience of Job.

Match

Match the following

• Things these days just keep getting curiouser and curiouser

• I can’t make it just appear out of nowhere! I’m just a muggle.

• He can make money on anything; he’s got the midas touch

• Dallas may have found Utah’s kryptonite.

• I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Harry Potter

Greek Mythology

Superman

The Wizard of Oz

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

• Harry Potter

• Greek Mythology

• Superman

• The Wizard of Oz

Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

Nothing Gold

Can Stay

Robert Frost

Idiom

word combinations that have a different figurative meaning

than the literal meanings of each word or phrase

He’s a big fish in a small pond.

Multiple Choice

He has bigger fish to fry

• He has more important things to do

• He has to cook dinner for tonight.

• He hasn't caught any big ideas lately

• He is a fantastic cook

Multiple Choice

He is incredibly bull- headed

• He has a big head

• He is conceited.

• He is stubborn

• He is a really great farmer

Multiple Choice

She has a big head

• She is really smart.

• She is conceited.

• She has a large cranium

• She is well loved