What are we alluding to when we say...
"You're as crazy as that mad scientist who abandoned his child."
What is the novel Frankenstein
What is this picture alluding to?
What is The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe
What is a Literary Allusion?
What is... An indirect reference to a person, place, event, or another literary work that an author expects the reader to recognize
What are we alluding to when we say...
"Calm down, Y/N, just look at the rabbits."
What is Of Mice and Men
What are we alluding to with this image?
What is Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
From our Notes... What are we alluding to?
"A paradoxical, no-win situation where one is trapped by contradictory rules or conditions"
What is Catch-22
What story are we alluding to in this sentence...
"He's John Proctor level fine."
What is the Crucible
What are we alluding to with this image...

What is The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell Holmes
How to use a Literary Allusion
What is... Use symbols and characteristics that are staples of the literary work you are referencing
What are we alluding to when we say...
"You got too much blood on your hands, Red King."
What is Macbeth
What are we alluding to with this image? 
What is Antigone by Sophocles
From the notes page... who are we alluding to?
"A capricious person with two sides to their personality"
What is Jekyll and Hyde
What are we alluding to when we say...
"You're just like Connie, always running from your responsibilities!"
What is Grapes of Wrath
What are we alluding to with this image...
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What is The Tides Rises, the Tide Falls by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
How can you spot a literary device?
What is... Look for unexplained references to a person, place, event, or other key characteristics of aliterary work.