Allusions Figurative Language | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 21 Public

allusions -name the reference and what dos it mean

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His smile is like kryptonite to me.

Superman’s weakness

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She felt like she had a golden ticket.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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I wish I could just click my heels.

The Wizard of Oz

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If I’m not home by midnight, my car might turn into a pumpkin.

Cinderella her coach was made from a pumpkin and it means there will be consequences if not home on time.

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She smiles like a Cheshire cat.

Alice in Wonderland the character with a big wide grin

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This job is like pulling a sword out of a stone.

King Arthur Legend an almost impossible task

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My math teacher is he who must not be named.

Voldemort from the Harry Potter series

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He thinks he is some type of caped crusader.

Batman a hero out to save everyone

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Coffee is my Achilles’ heel

alluding to the one weakness of Achilles

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When I met her, I was shot by the arrow of love

allusion to Cupid

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Trying to juggle all my classes makes me feel like Atlas.

allusion to Atlas carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders

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I feel like Sisyphus trying to write this paper.

allusion to Sisyphus pushing a boulder uphill every day

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Arizona is hot as Hades in the summer.

alluding to the god of death / king of the underworld excessively hot

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She was looking like Venus for the Homecoming dance.

alluding to the goddess of beauty

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You may be opening Pandora’s box if you ask too many questions.

alluding to Pandora’s myth of letting trouble into the world

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He is like Narcissus with that mirror.

allusion to Narcissus can’t stop staring at himself

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