PPT-Allusion 1

Achilles Heel This term is from Greek Mythology According to myth when Achilles was a baby his mother dipped him in the River Styx because the waters from this river gave immortality. Ms. Wolf – Language Arts Class . Agenda for Thursday 2.14.13. Warm-Up: Grammar – pages 84-90 GUM Book . Connection to a Clip- Dead Poet’s Society . Allusions Notes and Examples . Create your Own Poem . T. he Band Perry. By: Thuy-An Mai and. Catherine Warrick. If I die young, bury me in satin. Lay me down on a . bed of roses. Sink me in the river at dawn. Send me away with the words of a love song. Connotations. 6. th. Grade . Ms. . . Lukacs. Greenwich’ Connecticut. Greenwich is a town on the suburb of Connecticut. The town is home to several hedge funds and it was ranked #1 place to live in money magazine. It was also ranked #1 in the “Biggest earner” catagory By money magazine!. Sandra Zambrano. Allusion . Definition: Allusion is a figure of speech that makes casual reference to a famous historic or literary figure or even a work of literature. . Function: The function of allusion is to make a reference to a work of literature in another work of literature. . Achilles’ Heel. This term is from . Greek Mythology. . According to myth, when Achilles was a baby, his mother dipped him in the . River Styx . because the waters from this river gave . immortality. What is an allusion?. An allusion is a brief reference to a . historical event. , a . literary work . (including the Bible), a . mythological character . or. story. , a piece of . music . or. art. , a . Allusion. Definition. : A brief reference in a literary work to a person, place, thing, or passage in another literary work, usually for the purpose of associating the tone or theme of the one work with the other.. Allusions. Allusions . Definition. -a reference within a work to something famous outside it, such as a well-known person, place, event, story, or work of art, literature, music, pop culture.. Purpose. Create many . persuasive advertisements (1 by yourself, then extra with part of group), . as if the pigs had made them, persuading the animals to join and support specific animal committees. . Name the committee. An . indirect. reference in . a song, movie, commercial, T.V. show or literary . work to a . previously released . literary work or to . a person. , place, or thing in history. . . In other words…. Patrick Henry’s Speech in the Virginia Convention . Rhetorical Question. A rhetorical question is asked just for effect or to lay emphasis on some point discussed when no . real . answer is expected. Allusion #____ Date_____. Category:______________________. What I already know about this allusion:. Background information about the allusion:. How the allusion is used today:. Example:. Additional examples:. Allusion. A reference within a written work to something outside it:. Types of Allusions . in literature:. Historical (refer to a war/king). Biblical (events in the Bible). Classical (Greek/Roman lit.). It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text..