Allusion in Speak English 10

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

Historical Allusions  Gregor Mendel  The Suffragettes

Pop Culture  Arnold Schwarzenegger  Glen Close  Martha Stewart  Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer  MTV  Oprah Winfrey  Sally Jessy Rafael  Jerry Springer  Mr. Rogers’ Neighbourhood

Allusions we want to pay closer attention to…

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 sound made by an object or an action. Example: snap crackle pop  Hyperbole – extreme exaggeration  Symbol and/or Motif  Foreshadowing