2. ALLUSION WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU REFERRING TO?

3. WHAT AM I REFERRING TO? Sometimes, I feel like Atlas-carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders.

4. WHAT AM I REFERRING TO? She had the wisdom of Athena and the beauty of Aphrodite.

5. EXAMPLES IN MUSIC “The side lines is lined with casualties Who sip the life casually, then gradually become worse Don’t bite the apple, Eve” -Jay-Z As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I take a look at my life and realize there’s nothing left. Cause I’ve been blastin’ and laughin’ so long that Even my mama thinks my mind is gone.” -Coolio

6. EXAMPLES IN MUSIC “The side lines is lined with casualties Who sip the life casually, then gradually become worse Don’t bite the apple, Eve” -Jay-Z As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I take a look at my life and realize there’s nothing left. Cause I’ve been blastin’ and laughin’ so long that Even my mama thinks my mind is gone.” –Coolio Romeo, save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel… - Taylor Swift

7. SO WHAT IS IT? These were all examples of ALLUSION. An allusion is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. Writers usually do not explain their allusions. They expect that their readers will be familiar with the things to which they refer.

8. ALLUSION VS. ILLUSION The noun allusion means "an indirect reference to a person, event, or thing." Illusion is a noun that means "false impression."

10. 1. Were the horizontal lines straight or slanted? 2. Take a second look. 3. Well? ***That is an example of illusion

11. POEM PYRAMID 1 SUBJECT 2 JUXTAPOSED SYMBOLS 3 TONES (THERE ARE SHIFTS IN THE POEM) 4 ALLUSIONS 5 WORDS DESCRIBING THE IMAGERY 6 WORDS DESCRIBING THE THEME 7 WORDS DESCRIBING THE SOCIAL COMMENTARY 8 WORDS OF YOUR OWN; ADD YOUR COMMENT