Search Header Logo
  1. Resource Library
  2. Ela
  3. Grammar
  4. ...
  5. Allusions

Allusions

Authored by Mary DiYanni

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 5+ times

Allusions
AI

AI Actions

Add similar questions

Adjust reading levels

Convert to real-world scenario

Translate activity

More...

    Content View

    Student View

38 questions

Show all answers

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

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Google

Continue with Google

Email

Continue with Email

Classlink

Continue with Classlink

Clever

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Microsoft

Apple

Apple

Others

Others

Already have an account?