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AllusionSet 4

1Zelensky's use of Churchill's words in Parliament served MAINLY to

2We discussed the multiple literary ..... within the text.

3"This team's season was a true Cinderella story." What is the meaning of the allusion as it is used?

4In Bradstreet's The Prologue, the phrase "Let Greeks be Greeks" chiefly signals

5Some celebrities spend hours a day taking selfies and only care about themselves. They are such .....!

6An example of an allusion is:

7"Sugar is her Kryptonite" is an example. Which literary device below references a person, event, or other work of art, music, or literature?

8He is a man who is well-known and famous for his almost perfect reputation among the people in his town. He receives a lot of envy and admiration for his vibrant personality until one day, he gave up living and people knew about it.

9Who was also known as 'Swan of lichfield'?

10Assertion (A): The Waste Land uses the mythic method. Reason (R): Eliot aligns the poem's narrative with Grail quest legends and fertility myths.

11A reference to something, such as the Bible, a movie, or a song

12Tony and Maria-based on Romeo and Juliet-are the main characters of West Side Story.

13Who has a DISPUTE with each other?

14The saved story in The Namesake whose author becomes the son's namesake is exactly which tale?

15Which literary device is this an example of:Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities.

16Hercules is a symbol of strength. *Choose the correct figure of speech

17A reference to a well-known work of literature, movie, music, or art within another body of work is called:

18Referencing people, places, books, films, and events in a text

19Referring to something famous for emphasis (Romeo)

20When a story references another work or story, the term for that is:

21An allusion in a text refers to:

22The Iron Curtain is the .....

23Sherlock Holmes was a famous .....

24What is an example of an allusion in a famous speech?

25Name the rhetorical device. "During the holidays, she acted like a Scrooge, purchasing presents only for herself."

26Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence below? I have to be completely honest, public speaking is a sort of Achilles' heel for me. It always has been.

27My sister has so many pets, I am going to start calling myself "Old McDonald".

28Read the source of the allusion.In the fairy tale "The Pied Piper of Hamelin," the pied piper plays a magical pipe. Using the pipe, he gets animals and people to follow him.What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?By promising to solve the town's problems, the mayor became a pied piper for supporters.

29FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE-DEFINITION-a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance

30The line "To be or not to be" comes from which play?

31Who caught the Wife as she was falling in "The Earth on Turtle's Back" by Carol Pugliano-Martin which is a myth?

32Shakespeare mentioned his wife only once in his will, making her the odd bequest of his "second best" what?

33A reference to our "founding fathers" would be considered

34Figure of explication using a brief or casual reference to a famous person, group, historical event, place, or work of art. It is important to stress that the referent of an allusion be generally well-known.

35At recess, Tim said something mean to Heather. After seeing the look Heather gave him, Stacey said, "Wow! Tim, if looks could kill.." This allusion refers to .....

36A device where the speaker refers to something that the reader needs prior knowledge of or experience with in order to understand. (For example: a well known movie, mythology, the Bible etc.)

37A reference to a well known person, place, historical event, or text.

38The use of Robert Frost's poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay", in The Outsiders is an example of:

39Writers and speakers often allude to characters and stories from the Bible. Do you recognize these Biblical allusions? It rained so much over the weekend that I was tempted to start building an ark. What is the best answer to describe what this allusion means?(Literary Device)

40How do the allusions of Santa vs Scrooge and fantasy lands vs Africa add meaning to the story?

41Michael and Noah are discussing "The Most Dangerous Game" in class. When Zaroff returns home and reads a book by "Marcus Aurelius," what literary technique is the author using?

42This type of intertextuality is created from an original source and created into another twist of stories.

43What is an Allusion?

44Match the definition to the rhetorical device:an implicit reference to something.

45My son is such a Grinch in the morning; always grumbling about brushing his teeth and getting dressed.

46When an author references an idea assuming that no explanation is needed, they are using .....

47Who is Kubla Khan in the poem Kubla Khan?

48A brief reference to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar

49Turned into a donkey

50Achebe's Things Fall Apart takes its epigraphic title from which Yeats poem?

51Figure of speech that makes a reference to something else, such as books, movies, places, or pop culture

52"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ..... " -The Declaration of IndependenceWhich Enlightenment thinker most directly influenced the notion expressed in this passage?

53What is the meaning of the allusion: She's a good swimmer, but she's not Ariel.

54What was written on the golden apple?

55Who says 'God Bless Us, Everyone!'?

56To which Greek mythological character is Faustus compared in the Prologue?

57A reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or event

58When Romeo is complaining that Rosalind does not love her he says, "she'll not be hit with Cupid's arrow, she hath Dian's (Dian = Greek goddess of chastity) wit". He uses two of which element

59Name the type of figurative language." You're a grinch."

60"I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinoccho's." This is an example of an .....

61Reference to a famous person or work