Allusion & Idiom

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.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Break a leg when you go on stage.

• idiom

• pun

• hyperbole

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Don't be a Scrooge!

• personification

• idiom

• pun

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

• idiom

• pun

• allusion

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

• Alliteration 
• Hyperbole 
• Assonance 
• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A phrase that means something different than the literal meaning of the words

• Metaphor 
• Hyperbole
• Idiom 
• Allusion 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

“It's a piece of cake.”

• hyperbole

• idiom

• allusion

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Allusion or Not an Allusion?

• Not an allsion

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

This house makes the White House look like a cottage

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

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

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4