Conduct a bit of outside research (not your textbook) about specific allusions within identified works. Doing so will help you learn and, hopefully, understand more about selections, authors, or the time period we are reading. You are required to identify, research, and explain each allusion in connection to the work. You should identify the location of the resources.
In other words, why did the author include the allusion within a particular paragraph in
the work? What is the connection? How does it help the selection’s message? Sometimes this can be
accomplished by showing the parallel between the allusion and some aspect of the assigned reading. I am looking for your analysis. You should focus on one or two points and develop them. Simply providing a list of
significances without any details or explanations is not acceptable.
The "Allusion Significance" is a big part of these assignments, so be sure and explain them VERY
THOROUGHLY. Anything less than 6 sentences in an "Allusion Significance" will not be acceptable.
The amount of allusions you will research for each Allusion Story assigned is FIVE. Please refer to the "2332
Online Deadlines" and reading schedule for the particular works and their due date deadlines.
ALLUSION DEFINITION:
Allusion - a figure of speech that makes a reference or representation of, or to, a well-known person, place,
the event, literary work, or work of art.
An allusion allows an author to make a powerful point without having to actually explain it.
When using an allusion, the author assumes that the reader is familiar with the item being alluded to.
Publishers use footnotes or side notes to help modern readers understand allusions that may no longer be
common knowledge, but not every footnote and side note is an allusion.
Here is a link that may be of more help in explaining what an Allusion is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUMOmBxC3Cg