Macbeth, Part 6: Figurative Language and Rhetoric

Question 6 • English 2 Sem 2 (10013400) BCPS 2025-26

Which sentence contains an allusion?

Answer

Alyssa's teeth chattered rapidly while she waited in the falling snow for the dilapidated bus to pick her up for school.

When Eli heard he failed his test on the same day his team lost the big game, it added insult to injury.

Eliza had a smile that rivaled that of the Mona Lisa, so it could be difficult to tell what she was thinking.

Alex thought his head would explode after he read and studied all week for his final geography test.

Explanation

An allusion is an indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work. The sentence compares Eliza’s smile to the Mona Lisa, the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci, making choice C an allusion. “Added insult to injury” in choice B is an idiom, not a reference to a particular famous subject.

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