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

What is the common allusion for Brutus?

• Having a mean streak
• Being a perfectionist
• Betraying someone
• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is the common allusion for Goofy?

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

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How is the allusion Adam and Eve commonly used?

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

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What does the allusion of The Three Stooges mean?

• Three people can make better decisions than one
• you are acting silly or ridiculous
• you can't understand what others are saying
• All of the above

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the allusion of Peter Pan?

• childishness
• foolishness
• happiness
• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

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

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