Allusion in Speak

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 soundmade by an object or an action. Example: snap crackle pop

Hyperbole –extreme exaggeration

Symbol and/or Motif Foreshadowing