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AllusionsMrs. DiLauroGrade 9

+ALLUSIONS

Definition: a brief reference in a literary work.

Purpose: to get across a connection or idea quickly, to help the reader make connections between texts, to provide shared cultural reference points, to describe meaning without having to take up literary space with excessive explanation or description

Types of allusion: Religious, mythical, historical, cultural

+Religious Allusions

+Mythical Allusions

+Historical Allusions

+Cultural Allusions

+Familiar Allusions

She is like a Medusa.

He is a regular Casanova.

She has a Mona Lisa smile.

He has a Peter Pan complex.

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” Frank said, mysteriously.

Chocolate is my kryptonite.

NOTE: Family Guy, The Simpsons and other like-minded cartoons are NOTORIOUS for using literary allusions!