1. ALLUSION
A literary device which authors use as a means to refer or to make reference to a historical event, famous individual, landmark, or well‐known work of art/literature.

2. Why Use Allusions? Hypotheses
What might be an author’s PURPOSE in choosing to reference a historical event, famous individual, landmark, or well-known work of art/literature?

3. It was such an obvious lie– I was surprised his nose didn’t start growing.
Where did this come from?
What is its intended purpose?

4. She was on a diet, but french fries were her Achilles’ heal.
Where did this come from?
What is its intended purpose?

5. I’m just a regular guy. I wasn’t born on Krypton, and I can’t leap tall buildings in a single bound.
Where did this come from?
What is its intended purpose?

6. On his trip to Hawaii, he was amazed by the beauty of the island– it was like the Garden of Eden.
Where did this come from?
What is its intended purpose?

7. Why Use Allusions? REFLECTION
Having seen some examples,
What might be an author’s PURPOSE in choosing to reference a historical event, famous individual, landmark, or well-known work of art/literature?

8. Adapted From: "Allusions, Slang, and Literary
Analogies."Allusions, Slang, and
Literary Analogies. N.p., n.d. Web. 8
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