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Allusions

Authored by Mary DiYanni

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 5+ times

Allusions
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When your parents learn about your new plan to raise money, it's going to sink like the Titanic.

pun

allusion

idiom

metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Don't be a Scrooge!

personification

idiom

pun

allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A brief reference to a famous historical figure or event, like from a movie or a book. 

Alliteration 
Hyperbole 
Assonance 
Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Allusion or Not an Allusion?

Not an allsion

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

This house makes the White House look like a cottage.

Idiom

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Suddenly all of the power went out. "Houston, we have a problem," my dad exclaimed.

Idiom

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What does the word "ALLUSION" mean?

hinting at events that will happen later in the story

citing evidence word-for-word, with quotation marks and page numbers

reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or idea of significance

clearly stating the meaning of a word

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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