Imagery and Allusion

Why do authors use allusions?

• To make meaningful connections between texts

• To engage readers in an inside joke

• To provide new and meaningful connections to the plot, characters, or setting.

• All of the above

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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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Is this an allusion

• Allusion

• Not a Allusion

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Which of the following is true about allusions?

• Allusions are indirect references that may sometimes be obvious and sometimes obscure

• Allusions are written in quotation marks.

• Allusions are always stated as a comparison, as in 'He was as strong as Hercules.'

• All of the above

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 Pinocchio's.

• We'll miss him so much because he was the best dog ever.

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