Figurative Language Lesson, Grades 6-8: Allusion

What do you picture when someone calls a chore "Herculean"? In about 40 minutes, students learn that an allusion is a short reference to a well-known story, myth or book that the reader is expected to know, and practice saying what the reference adds to a sentence.

What's inside

• 15 slides, with speaker notes on every slide
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Student Notes, 1 page
• Poem Page, 1 page
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page, with accepted answers and "look for" notes on the open items
• Print-all PDF, 7 pages: lesson plan, Notes, Poem Page, worksheet and answer key together

Answer key included

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