

Meaning of Allusions
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English
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6th Grade
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Hard
Joseph Anderson
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4 Slides • 26 Questions
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A Figurative Language Reveiw

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An allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a famous person, place, thing, or idea.
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Based on what you know about allusions, answer the following questions.
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Multiple Choice
I’ve kept my money in the same bank and I’ve driven the same car. I’ve even lived in the same house. All these years. Call it my Achilles’ heel, I guess. I don’t like change.
Great weakness
Comfort object
Thing that is most needed in life
Strongest weapon
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Multiple Choice
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
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Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Last night's playoff in the semifinals proved to be the team's Waterloo.
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Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
"Tess is such a Pollyanna!" Liam announced with a sigh.
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Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
The weather forecast called for clear skies, making my grandfather look like Chicken Little.
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Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Louanne's Ice Cream Parlor has the best dessert short of ambrosia!
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Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Fans debated whether their team would rise from the ashes.
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Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?
Lucy warned her youngest son not to cry wolf while wrestling with his older brother.
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Multiple Choice
It didn’t take a Sherlock Holmes to figure out that something was definitely up.
A person that is nosy
A very strong individual
A person with very sharp intellect
A person who reads a lot
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Multiple Choice
Which part of the sentence is an allusion: If they keep pushing me, I'm going to turn into the Hulk.
If they keep
keep pushing me
I'm going to turn
turn into the Hulk
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Multiple Choice
“Oh, I wouldn’t do that,” cautioned George. “You don’t know what kind of Pandora’s box you’re opening.”
A situation so tricky you can’t get out of it
A dream you can never achieve no matter how hard you try
A strange place you’ve never been
A tempting situation that only causes trouble
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Multiple Choice
Which part of the sentence is an allusion: Life can be hard, but you've got to just keep swimming.
Life
Life can be hard
you've got to
just keep swimming
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Multiple Choice
LeBron James is hoping to return the Los Angeles Lakers to the promised land of the NBA finals.
A place you seek above all others
The fear that you will break your word
A place you have no choice but to enter
The top of the world
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Multiple Choice
Which part of the sentence is an allusion: Something weird is going on--my spidey sense is tingling.
Something weird
spidey sense
is going on
weird
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Multiple Choice
After all these years, I was truly feeling the siren call of travel.
A loud sound
An urge you can’t resist
An emergency situation
A feeling of boredom
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Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the allusion: My brother is a regular Einstein!
My brother is a genius.
My brother likes basketball.
My brother has purple hair.
My brother is named Einstein.
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An analogy is a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar.
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Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the allusion: Ask me anything, I'm like Google!
I know all of the answers.
I need the internet to survive.
I am rich.
I hate bad weather.
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Multiple Choice
That's as useful as rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
It’s not useful at all, because it’s completely hopeless
It’s pretty useful, but also really complicated
It’s a large task that requires a lot of determination and planning
It’s very useful, because it’s an important and necessary task.
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Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the allusion: I'm no Hercules, but I could open that jelly jar for you.
I am a Greek god.
I really like jelly.
I am strong.
Do you have peanut butter?
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Multiple Choice
What are two other types of figurative language in the sentence "That's as useful as rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic."
Verbal Irony and Allusion
Allusion and Personification
Allusion and Oxymoron
Oxymoron and Verbal Irony
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Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the allusion: I sent an SOS, but no one came.
There was an emergency, and I needed help immediately!
I like the alphabet.
I like Alfredo Sauce.
There wasn't anyone else there.
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Multiple Choice
Finding a good friend is like finding a needle in a haystack...
You need to go to the country to find a good friend.
Your chances of finding a good friend are pretty slim.
Good friends are secretly dangerous
Good friends will always be there no matter what.
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Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the allusion: I felt like cupid had struck me with his arrow when I saw the adorable puppy!
I don't like dogs.
I was in love with the puppy!
I talked to the puppy.
The puppy was okay.
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Multiple Choice
What is another type of figurative language in the analogy "Finding a good friend is like finding a needle in a haystack. Your chances of finding a good friend are pretty slim."
Allusion
Idiom
Personification
Pun
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Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the allusion: She's a good swimmer, but she's not Ariel.
She hates the water.
She is an okay swimmer.
She is a fish.
She has red hair.
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Multiple Choice
When you contemplate the future, you need to think of yourself as a caterpillar coming out of its cocoon.
You need to hold tight to the things you love.
You must make slight changes in your life in order to maintain peace and balance.
You need to have greater awareness of the animal world.
You need to make radical changes in order to keep developing in life.
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