Allusions 7th Hour by MARIBETH EMMERT https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze Add your two allusions here so you can study from it. en-us 2018-01-08 15:48:02 UTC 2018-01-23 18:25:46 UTC hello@padlet.com Drink the Kool-Aid emmermar https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219401796 (Mrs. Murphy's Example)
To blindly follow someone, even if following that person or idea will lead to suffering. Cult leader Jim Jones forced his followers to drink poison kool-aid and kill themselves in 1979.
A friend is hanging out with the wrong people. Now she just got caught shoplifting cigarettes. No matter what we say, she is still drinking her friends’ kool-aid. 

Derogatory ]]> 2018-01-08 15:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219401796 Best laid plans https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219524322 Elijah Robles
no matter how carefully a project is planned, something may still go wrong with it. 
I made a spectacular plan for reconstruction my house noting can go wrong, then my plan fails and my wife says best laid plans. 

Derogatory

]]> 2018-01-08 19:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219524322 Wheelhouse doublson https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219527013 Sonya Doubledee
Wheelhouse is the term used for the part of the ship where the wheel was located, so, to be in someone's wheelhouse means to be in their area of greatest control.
For example, if you were a champion speller and someone challenge you at a spelling bee, they would be in your “wheelhouse.” 

Complementary ]]> 2018-01-08 19:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219527013 Underdog doublson https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219527548 Sonya Doubledee
The term “underdog” comes from dog fighting during the 19th century. Dogs were pitted against each other for money and bet on. The winner was called the top dog, while the loser was called the underdog. 
A recreational soccer team joined a tournament with only trained club teams. I’m rooting for the recreational “underdog.” 

Derogatory ]]> 2018-01-08 19:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219527548 Narcissism https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219528923 Baylee Dial 
The pursuit of gratification from vanity or egotistic admiration of someone else's tributes. Originated from Greek, the Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. 
The young teenage girl had narcissism, she looked at herself in every mirror that she possibly could. 
Derogatory ]]> 2018-01-08 19:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219528923 David and Goliath https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219529235 Mario Guerrero III
Defeating something that seems impossible.It comes from the bible Goliath is a giant and David was able to slay Goliath with a slingshot.It felt like i was David and I slayed Goliath.]]> 2018-01-08 19:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219529235 Don Juan https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219529385 Elijah Robles

A person who can really likes to flirt a lot.
Edward leave that girl alone stop being like Don Juan!
Origin: a man named don Juan is a Seville nobleman who is infamous for his seduction of women. After one such episode he kills the conquest's father. 

Derogatory]]> 2018-01-08 19:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219529385 Par for the course https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219530267 Baylee Dial 
Something normal or common that you would expect to happen. People believe that the saying originated from the sport golf, because the word ‘par’ in golf means one and it is common among people. 
The bread was “par for the course” because it kept rising as expected to be. 
Complementary ]]> 2018-01-08 20:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219530267 Win by a nose https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219530321 Madison Hermann
Win by a nose means you win somthing by the slightest amount of a difference.Just barely succeed, as in Sally's political cartoon came in first in the contest, but I heard that she won by a nose.
An example is I won the 50 yard dash just by a secound.
And this is a Complementary.]]> 2018-01-08 20:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219530321 Ugly American https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219531103 Sierra Hubler
Is used to refer to the perceptions of loud, arrogant, demeaning, thoughtless, ignorant and ethnocentric behavior of an American. This allusion is mainly associated to travelers and tourists.
The term was used as the title of a 1948 phtoograph of an American tourist in Havana by the Cuban photographer Costantino Arias.
Some of the tourists acted like Ugly Americans when they visited Germany.

Derogatory.]]> 2018-01-08 20:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219531103 Pied Piper https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219531158 Elliott Bailes
The hero of a German folk legend, popularized in The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1842) by Robert Browning, who charms the city's rats into a river with his magical pipe-playing. 2. (sometimes l.c.) a person who induces others to follow or imitate him or her.

]]> 2018-01-08 20:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219531158 sucker punch https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219531174 Greysen Fager
a sucker punch is a punch made from behind without warning, allowing no time for preparation or defense on the part of the recipient. this term comes from a movie. 

"He sucker punched him right in the nose which came out of nowhere."

Derogatory]]> 2018-01-08 20:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219531174 Jekyll and Hyde https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219531730 Takoda Cessna

]]> 2018-01-08 20:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219531730 Lazarus https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219531998 Matei Neagu
To come back from the dead

In the Gospel of John, from The Bible, Lazarus is a character who died, and was brought back to life by Jesus.

"He was pronounced clinically dead, but now he’s sitting right here, next to us! Our own Lazarus."

Complementary]]> 2018-01-08 20:03:37 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219531998 Throw in a Towel https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219532405 Madison Hermann
Throw in a Towel means to quit in defeat.The story is based on how of boxers or their seconds) throw a towel (or sponge) into the ring as a token of defeat. An example of this is I gave up playing board games with my sister because she kept beating me at my favorite game. And this is a derogatory.]]> 2018-01-08 20:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219532405 May the force be with you https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219532436 Jaq Donaldson

ften used as individuals parted ways or in the face of an impending challenge.

“May the Force Be With You” is a famous quote said by numerous characters as an expression of good luck throughout the Star Wars film series.

As he was walking towards the soccer field, his mother said the phrase, may the force be with you.

Complementary
]]> 2018-01-08 20:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219532436 Catch 22 https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219532485 Elsa Zwiener~
A very frustrating situation in which one is trapped by contradictory regulations or conditions.  
from the title of Joseph Heller's 1961 novel. The "catch" is that a bomber pilot is insane if he flies combat missions without asking to be relieved from duty, and is thus eligible to be relieved from duty. But if he asks to be relieved from duty, that means he's sane and has to keep flying.
It was the most frustrating thing he’d ever done, in fact, it was a catch 22 type situation. 

Derogatory]]> 2018-01-08 20:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219532485 Pandora's Box https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219532632 Elliott Bailes
When she breaks the vase, she feels like she had just entered hell in joining the host club. ... Pandora's box is a greek story about the first woman named Pandora. The gods presented her with four gifts; Beauty, Deceit, Curiosity, and Stubbornness.Nov 9, 2014]]> 2018-01-08 20:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219532632 Et tu Brute (Mark Wescott) https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219532728 Et tu, Brute? is a Latin phrase meaning "and you, Brutus?" It is notable for its occurrence in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, where it is spoken by the Roman dictator Julius Caesarto his friend Marcus Junius Brutus at the moment of Caesar's assassination. I was talking to my friend when he said “Et tu Brute.” it is Dependant.]]> 2018-01-08 20:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219532728 Prodigal son https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219533034 Sierra Hubler
A figure that is parable of Jesus.
In the bible, a father has two sons. The younger son asks for his inheritance and after wasting his fortune he becomes destitute. He returned home with the intention of begging his father to be made one of his hired servants, expecting his relationship with his father to be likely severed. His father welcomed him with open arms though.

He was seen as a prodigal son when he approached his father. 

Complimentary.]]> 2018-01-08 20:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219533034 Pull Your Punches https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219533117 Matei Neagu
To hold back from doing the most you can.

It is a reference to fighting, where some fighters were not doing their best, and they were holding back on purpose.

"I could have won that contest. I was pulling my punches."

Dependent on Context]]> 2018-01-08 20:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219533117 Home Stretch (Mark Wescott) https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219533302 The straight part of a racetrack from the last turn to the finish line. It was used in horse races to say how long it is to the finish line. It’s a real home stretch to the finish. It is neutral]]> 2018-01-08 20:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219533302 Achilles heel https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219533354 a weakness or vulnerable point.
dictionary]]> 2018-01-08 20:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219533354 Lot's Wife https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219533983 Takoda Cessna]]> 2018-01-08 20:07:59 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219533983 May the force be with you donaljaq https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219534230 Jaq Donaldson

The phrase is often used as individuals parted ways or in the face of an impending challenge.

“May the Force Be With You” is a famous quote said by numerous characters as an expression of good luck throughout the Star Wars film series.

 As he was walking towards the soccer field, his mother said the phrase, may the force be with you.

Complementary
]]> 2018-01-08 20:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219534230 Icarus donaljaq https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219536043
Jaq Donaldson

To fail or be destroyed by a lack of caution.

Icarus and his father, Daedalus, escaped from the island of Crete by wings held on by wax. Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too close to the sun, he did not listen, his wings melted and he fell to his death in the Aegean Sea.

She fell off the cliff after balancing on the rock, her friends always said she was a daredevil, but never to the point to becoming an Icarus.

Deragatory]]> 2018-01-08 20:13:43 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219536043 Albatross thieumas https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219582297 Mason Thieu

A Burden On Someone.

In the poem by Samuel Coleridge “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” a failed real estate scheme became an albatross on the person.

When the boy broke the pot and didn’t tell his family, the guilt became an albatross on him.

Derogatory]]> 2018-01-09 00:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219582297 Big Brother thieumas https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219582623 Mason Thieu

Any ruler or government that invades the privacy of its citizens.

A well known warning in posters in Oceania, which is a dictatorship in the book Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. 

The principal was acting as a Big Brother, when going through the students things.

Derogatory

]]> 2018-01-09 00:11:33 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219582623 scapegoat https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219584516 2018-01-09 00:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219584516 Square Deal https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219599519 KayLynn Hall
A fair bargain or treatment. 

Theodore Roosevelt used it in one of his speech. 

 The workers thought there work conditions were not a square deal. 

Depends on the context it is used in.
]]> 2018-01-09 03:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219599519 Hindenburg https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219599798 KayLynn Hall

German name

Hindenburg was a blimp that later blew up and went down to the ground.

Jonny was riding his bike, went to off a jump, but went down like the Hindenburg.

 derogatory]]> 2018-01-09 03:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219599798 Deus Ex Machina https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219605367 Cade Boswell
an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.

It was a Latin term taking from the Greeks.

Nothing would, except a deus ex machina in the form of someone heading  in for a little more work on the weekend.

Derogatory

]]> 2018-01-09 04:15:26 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219605367 Eye for and Eye https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219605529 Cade Boswell
 The principle that a person who has injured another person is to be penalized to a similar degree, or in softer interpretations, the victim receives the [estimated] value of the injury in compensation.

Source is Matthew (5:38-42) in the New Testament. When Jesus was teaching people about an  Eye for eye. Meaning that was someone does to you-you should do/give it back to them in return.

If Mason gives me a book I should give one to him also.

Nuetral]]> 2018-01-09 04:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219605529 Throw in the Towel https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219608643 Elsa Zwiener~
To quit or to give up.
When boxers throw their towel in to the ring, it means that they have given up.
After four hours of frustration, she decided to throw in the towel. 

Derogatory ]]> 2018-01-09 04:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/219608643 https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/222788923 2018-01-19 14:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/222788923 Take of the gloves or the gloves come off https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/223932711 Greysen Fager

this phrase means from this point forward, nothnig will be hled back

"if you mess up that last order, the gloves come off"

derogatory]]> 2018-01-23 18:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/a4o4p1w9lze/wish/223932711