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Literary Devices: Allusion: Examples and Definition
This site defines Allusion and then provides several examples of allusion in literature including Milton's Paradise Lost, Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and Keats's Ode to the Grecian Urn. It also discusses the...
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Shakespearestudyguide.com: Shakespeare's Allusions and Direct References
This site provides information about allusions and direct references and then provides examples of each in Shakespeare's works. RL.9-10.9 allusions to other works, W.9-10.9a Analysis
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Allusion
This is a glossary entry for the term "Allusion" including a defintion, an example, and links to more information.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Commonly Confused Words: Allusion / Illusion / Delusion
This entry focuses on the commonly confused words allusion, illusion, and delusion including providing an explanation, examples, and a link to a quiz/exercise.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Allusions to Mythological, Classical, and Traditional Texts
You will be able to identify and understand allusions in myths, the classics, and other traditional texts and their influence on modern literature.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Allusion (English Ii Reading)
You will be able to analyze the function of allusion in literary texts.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Allusion/ Illusion/ Delusion Exercise 1
This is a 10-question, self-grading practice/quiz for the commonly confused words Allusion, Illusion, and Delusion.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Allusion/ Illusion/ Delusion Exercise 2
This is a 10-question, self-grading practice/quiz for the commonly confused words Allusion, Illusion, and Delusion.
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English Grammar Online: Stylistic Devices: Allusion
If you need a brief, clear explanation of allusion and how it works, this is a good place to start.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Allusion/illusion
A brief definition of allusion with examples. Differentiates between the term allusion and the term illusion.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Literature: Allusion and Symbols: Dante's Inferno
This lesson focuses on Dante's Inferno: Cantos 1-34 from The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. It includes links to the Digital Dante website to read the work, handouts, and a discussion rubric.
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Knowledge Master Weekly Quiz: Allusions
Take this quiz to see if you can identify the many ways that allusion is used in our language. W.9-10.9a Analysis
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Araya: Mythological Allusions
These explanations are linked to mythological allusions present in "The Rose of Versailles" manga. Source material is provided. RL.9-10.9 allusions to other works.
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Quizlet: Allusions Quiz
This interactive assessment features 11 multiple choice questions over the vocabulary words related to mythological allusions.
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Quizlet: Allusions: Flashcards
This set of interactive flashcards focuses on 11 vocabulary words related to mythological allusions.
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The Bible: A Cheatsheet [Pdf]
This wonderfully detailed .pdf document will aid those who need some background on the Bible in order to better understand literary allusions to the books and their content.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Lit: Postmodernism: The Poetry of Nikki Giovanni
This lesson focuses on Nikki Giovanni and her use of historical and Biblical allusions in her poetry. It includes links to her biography, a video interview with Giovanni, and to her poem "Ego Tripping." Students are to read the poem and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Colonial Literature: The Great Awakening
This lesson focuses on Johnathan Edwards and The Great Awakening, a movement to revival the Puritan religion. It features information about the Great Awakening and why in wasn't successful and a link to the sermon "Sinners in the Hands...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning:ap Literature & Composition: Life, Death, and in Between
This unit focues on life and death, text-to-text connections, archetypes, symbols, and allusions, and writing in a non-native language. It features "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats, Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, and...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: The Modern Poet: Lucille Clifton
This lesson focuses on Lucille Clifton, her poetry, and her use of Biblical allusions. It features links to her biography, a Wikipedia article about Absalom, three of her poems: "adam thinking," "eve thinking," and "oh absalom my son my...
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Paradigm Education: My Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 1
The text of Act IV of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, accompanied by audio narration. Be sure to advance to scenes 2 and 3 (or to other acts of the play) using the buttons at the top. Includes audio narration, performance clips, discussion...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Close Reading of Poetry: Practice 2 (English I Reading)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Through this practice lesson, students will learn how to interpret poetry. They will learn how to spot a metaphor, to identify imagery, and be introduced to the terms...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Close Reading of Poetry: Practice 3 (English Ii Reading)
Doing the exercises in this lesson will help students comprehend the poet's meaning by giving them practice in finding imagery, metaphors, symbolism, and allusions. RL.9-10.9 alllusions to other works.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Close Reading of Poetry: Practice 2 (English I Reading)
Read carefully in order to identify allusion, imagery, metaphor, and symbolism and to evaluate their impact on the meaning of a text. RL.9-10.9 alllusions to other works.