Post on 09-Feb-2016
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What is Allusion??
When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental.
These references are called allusions.
Literary Allusions
Dracula by Bram Stoker Maya Angelou The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel
Hawthorne Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Allusions to Artists
Kahlo Monet O’Keefe Pollock Pablo Picasso Dali Van Gough The Mona Lisa – Leonardo da Vinci
Pop Culture
Arnold Schwarzenegger Glen Close Martha Stewart Rudolph the Red Nosed
Reindeer MTV Oprah Winfrey
Sally Jessy Rafael Jerry Springer Mr. Rogers’ Neighbourhood
Dracula was on outcast.
Connection to Speak?
She was one of the first African American writers to be recognized using a black woman as a protagonist.
She was silenced and unable to Speak.
Connection?
Maya Angelou
Dracula
The Scarlett Letter
Melinda says she is wearing an “S” for shame, stupid, silent, which parallels the “A’ Hester Pyrnne was forced to wear
Connection? Both characters are hiding
something. Both characters are being
ostracized (shunned from society)
Pablo Picasso
Scared to tell the truth (he was married but had many mistresses)
Tries to express his feelings through art, but is scared the truth will come out.
Gregor Mendel
Considered the “Father of Modern Genetics”
The Suffragettes
Like Melinda, they felt like they were treated unfairly by society.
Figurative Language in Speak – please copy
For your upcoming test you will be asked to identify examples of figurative language used throughout the novel Speak.
Get together in groups of 4 (each person is responsible for 1 marking period).
Find one example of the following in your marking period. Share the quotation and pg.# with your group members
Metaphor Simile Personification Allusion Onomatopoeia -The use of a word
to describe or imitate a natural sound or the soundmade by an object or an action. Example: snap crackle pop
Hyperbole –extreme exaggeration
Symbol and/or Motif Foreshadowing