1. Allusion in Speak English 10

2. What is Allusion??  When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental.  These references are called allusions.

3. Literary Allusions  Dracula by Bram Stoker  Maya Angelou  The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne  Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

4. Allusions to Artists  Kahlo  Monet  O’Keefe  Pollock  Pablo Picasso  Dali  Van Gough  The Mona Lisa – Leonardo da Vinci

5. Historical Allusions  Gregor Mendel  The Suffragettes

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

7. Allusions we want to pay closer attention to…

8. 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

9. 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)

10. 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.

11. Gregor Mendel  Considered the “Father of Modern Genetics” The Suffragettes  Like Melinda, they felt like they were treated unfairly by society.

12. 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