Is it an Allusion?
Is the following an allusion?:"'. . . What about all that residential school stuff? What about Sammy Aandeg? Look at what the Bible did to him.'"
Yes (Biblical/historical allusion)
Identify the historical and/or literary allusion: "To him, there was the Bible and Shakespeare. Everything else was bargain-basement literature, not really worthy studying."
Identify the pop/contemporary allusion in the following excerpt: "Dan [. . .] could unerringly imitate all the characters on Star Trek: The Next Generation"
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Identify the type of allusion: "This was even in the Bible, where God gave man dominion over Nature."
Literary
Is the following an allusion?: "Once in the kitchen, she [Maggie] was met by the aroma of half a dozen casseroles, several roast chickens, moose stews, chicken stews, salads and freshly baked bread."
No
Identify the historical allusion: "'I love Italian food. In my opinion, it's the best thing Columbus and Cabot brought over."
Christopher Columbus and John Cabot; colonialism
Identify the contemporary/pop allusions: "For Virgil, it was like a scene from [. . .] The Wizard of Oz or the Road Warrior"
The Wizard of Oz / Road Warrior
Identify the type of allusion: "'Wow, your mother is so cool. Mine just watches North of Sixty reruns.'"
Is the following an allusion?: "Sammy Aandeg was there too, dressed in what could have been a thirty-year-old black suit. One that hadn't been worn in thirty years. Ten years of living at the residential school, plus over half a century of living with the effects of that school and finding new ways to damage his body hadn't left much of the young defiant boy that Lillian had once known."
Yes (historical)
Identify the literary allusion, including what text is being referenced: "One line, after the monologue in Act I, Scene iv, caught his eye. 'Something is rotten in the state of Denmark'"
Shakespeare's Hamlet
Identify the pop/contemporary allusion: "I live by myself on an island, working on something nobody cares about, chasing after a mythical man, on the outs with my family, when all I really wanted was to sing with AC/DC."
AC/DC
Identify the type of allusion: "Above the altar was a large, elaborately carved crucifixion scene complete with the agonized figure of Christ, nailed for eternity."
Is the following an allusion?: "She was sure Nietzsche, Plato and Rousseau had all done a lot of dishes in their lives."
Identity the historical allusions being referenced in the following passage: "He was sure, dead sure, things were going to get worse with the provincial and federal governments, and that events like those at Oka, Ipperwash and Caledonia were going to become regular occurrences."
Three Indigenous acts of resistance against colonialism: Oka Crisis (1990), Ipperwash Crisis (1995), and the Caledonia Land Dispute (2006 and ongoing)
Identify the contemporary/pop allusion: "He even turned to MuchMusic, but that was no good. Dr. Dre was no match for the music coming through the window"
MuchMusic/Dr. Dre
Identify the type of allusion: "Today, the heated topic revolved around which of the Gilligan's Island girls was the most attractive: Mary Ann or Ginger"
Contemporary/pop
Is the following an allusion?: "Nothing short of her son being presented the Nobel Prize, by Russell Crowe, would have induced her to move."
Yes (contemporary allusion)
Identify the literary allusion in the following excerpt: "What did he [Sammy] say?" "I'm not sure yet. First of all, there was something about it being wintertime and some people were discontented."
(Hint: Sammy knows Shakespeare very well)
Shakespeare's Richard III: "Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun of York; / And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house / In the deep bosom of the ocean buried."
Identify the pop/contemporary allusion: "Aside from the sound of vintage Guns 'n' Roses pouring forth from the jukebox, their talk and laughter were the only sounds in the place"
Guns 'n' Roses
Identify the type of allusion: "'That guy Shylock is a Jew ...'"
Literary (Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice)