Find the Allusion
The property tycoon named his housing society Eden Gardens
Eden Gardens
True or False: Allusions, as in using a figure of speech, is never misunderstood.
false
What is allusion?
A reference to a person, place, thing or idea in historical, cultural, literary, or political.
Allusions add significant ____ or ____ into a small space, allowing authors to evoke shared knowledge.
emotions or ideas
What reference does the title have? Out Out
reference to candle going out
True or False? What appeals powerfully to one reader may lose another reader altogether.
true
Effects of allusion?
Allusions can reinforce emotions or ideas by connecting current work with existing emotion or ideas of another work or occasion.
Allusion relies on a reader's existing ______
knowledge
"Your excel lencies have taken from me," he said, "all the greatest luminaries of heaven, and the stars are too small for me to make a comparison of my royal master; I therefore beg leave to give your excellencies-Joshua!* Lord Chesterfield’s toast:
I therefore beg leave to give your excellencies-Joshua
Benefits of increasing knowledge of allusion?
broadens a reader’s base for understanding both literature and life
Purpose of adding allusion
humor, emotional depth, or defining a theme.
It is a figure of speech that makes an indirect _____.
reference
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
References biblical story of Garden of Eden. Humanity loses paradise after eating the forbidden fruit, leading to the falls of man.
What advice is given to beginning readers regarding allusions and unfamiliar words
A. over any unfamiliar allusions or words
B. They should immediately consult a literary scholar for clarification.
C. They should be prepared to look them up, similar to looking up words in a dictionary
C. They should be prepared to look them up, similar to looking up words in a dictionary.
Can Allusions are a means of reinforcing the emotion or the ideas of one's own work with the emotion or ideas of another work or occasion.?
yes
Poet assumes readers possess a fund of common experience, including ____ and _____ knowledge.
literary and mythological
long legged sacred
haunch observes
a veneration in Ancient Egypt
speaking beak in Thoth-Hermès hands
first feathers released from Ark
fertility symbol hailed by Moses ~
"speaking beak in Thoth-Hermès hands" — The bird’s curved beak looks like a pen. Thoth who was the god who invented writing.
"first feathers released from Ark" — bis was one of the first birds to fly out after the great flood.
Which of the following literary works are frequently alluded to by poets, as mentioned in the text?
A. Modern novels, science fiction, and contemporary poetry.
B. Classical mythology, Shakespeare, or the Bible.
C. Philosophical essays and scientific journals.
B. Classical mythology, Shakespeare, or the Bible.
Do poems with allusions necessarily cite the work or historical event they are referencing.?
no
Understanding allusions deepens ______ of literature.
comprehension