Allusions 4th Hour by MARIBETH EMMERT https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b Add your two allusions to the padlet. Once everyone has added theirs, you can use this to study from! en-us 2018-01-08 15:38:20 UTC 2018-01-18 16:58:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Drink the Kool-Aid emmermar https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219397454 (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 15:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219397454 Bq https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219433147 2018-01-08 16:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219433147 win by a nose https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219436287 means to barely succeed
“Comes from horse racing, where from about 1900 on it referred to a finish so close that only a portion of the horse's nose reached the finish ahead of the second horse.”
“I ran the fastest race I could, but I only won by a nose. Sally won the race, but she only won by a nose”]]> 2018-01-08 16:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219436287 Throw in the towel https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219439081 ~~Not to continue with something to avoid extreme consequences.
~~This expression is used in boxing. When one boxer is beaten up badly and its corner doesn’t expect him to be able to win, the side drops a towel indicating that they are stopping the fight and they accept their defeat.
~~Mrs. Zirconia, struggling hard with her bleeding eye, stood up. Limping in the court,  she approached toward her opponent. At the corner her side couldn’t see her dying in the court, so they threw the towel, accepting their defeat.
~~Derogatory]]> 2018-01-08 16:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219439081 Pillar of salt https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219439902 A Salt pillar is a type system that lets you define fixed data that are given to one or more minions using targets.She became a pillar of salt after she looked back at sodom. No matter what was in front of her she still looked back at Sodom to become a salt ]]> 2018-01-08 16:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219439902 Par for the course https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219440108 What is expected in a given circumstance. It is a golf term. Today´s basketball game was par for the course because I lost. In my defense, he was six feet tall. neutral.]]> 2018-01-08 16:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219440108 Underdog https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219440146 Means a person  who is expected to lose on a contest or conflict. Sports fans can use this term to say that a certain team s going to lose a game. For example I would use it when I am watching basketball with my dad, and I would say that I'm rooting for the underdog team. ~Neutral ]]> 2018-01-08 16:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219440146 Prodigal Son https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219440209 Someone who leaves a group to do something that isn't approved of, and later returns and asks for forgiveness.
In The Bible, a son takes his father’s inheritance and wastes the fortune on needless things. After becoming extremely poor, he returns to his father and begs for forgiveness. 
“Someone who used to be my friend has started hanging out with a bad group of people, and has left my friend group behind. After ditching me for a few months, the prodigal son got tired of the other friends and tried to return to my friend group.”

Derogatory ]]> 2018-01-08 16:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219440209 Solomon https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219440400 ~~To be blessed and wise as Solomon. 
~~Solomon was the third king of  Israel and was known to be very wise. He was well known for the wisdom he was granted by God. 
~~When talking about deals, you behave like Solomon.
~~Complementary]]> 2018-01-08 16:58:06 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219440400 Yoda https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219441146 A very wise person or mentor.
In Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda trains Luke Skywalker in the ways of the force to help him fight against the Galactic Empire. 
“My science teacher last year was amazing, and he got me really interested in STEM. He was basically my Yoda.”

Complementary]]> 2018-01-08 16:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219441146 Fifteen minutes of fame https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219441607  A comment on the amount of time someone is really in the spotlight. In 1968 famous artist, Andy Warhol, said that ¨ In the future, everyone will be world famous for fifteen minutes.¨ He said this at Moderna Museet gallery.Sally kept on bragging about her shoe collection, but little did she know, that was going to be her only fifteen minutes of fame. Dependent on context.]]> 2018-01-08 17:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219441607 Lazarus https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219442152 -To start over or be brought back from the dead
-Source: The Bible 
-Story: Lazarus became deeply ill and his sisters sent a message to jesus to help. By the time that Jesus arrived, Lazarus was dead. Then Jesus said that Lazarus will rise again. 
-Example: Someone starting over in life and trying to do things differently. 
-Neutral

]]> 2018-01-08 17:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219442152 Berserk https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219442698 To be in a frenzied and violent manner.
“The word berserk came into English in the early 19th century, as a noun used to describe an ancient Norse warrior who fought with uncontrolled ferocity (also known as a berserker). The English word derives from the Old Norse berserkr (noun), itself probably from combining bjorn (bear) and serkr (coat),”(Oxford Dictionaries).
Example: He went into a berserk state when the pigeon ate all of his falafel.
Derogatory connotation.]]> 2018-01-08 17:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219442698 Cross To Bear https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219442906 A problem that someone has to put with. This term is considered to be involved with Jesus Christ because he was sentenced to death, and was forced to carry his cross. Cancer is "cross to bear" because many families world wide have to deal with cancer. ~Dependent on Context ]]> 2018-01-08 17:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219442906 Eye for an eye https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219443098 If someone hurts you, they will be punished to the same degree.]]> 2018-01-08 17:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219443098 Pull your punches https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219443486 "To hit less hard than one can,"(Dictionary.com).
“This expression comes from boxing,… It showed itself particularly in his editorials in the Wall Street Journal,”(etymology)
Example: The pigeon didn’t pull his punches.
Neutral connotation]]> 2018-01-08 17:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219443486 Don Juan https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219443958 Don juan
A man who loves, a great man.
He was given literary in the tragic drama El burlador de Sevilla.
He is getting called a don juan because he likes a girl.
complementary.]]> 2018-01-08 17:04:54 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219443958 Romeo and Juliet https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219508336 A play written by William Shakespeare. Being called Romeo or Juliet means that you are probably hopelessly in love.
Connotation depends on the context.]]> 2018-01-08 19:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219508336 Catch 22 https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219508502 When you are given choices and you are doomed no matter what choice you make. Catch 22 is the title of Joseph Heller’s novel written in 1961. The novel turned film was filmed in 1970. I told my sister to flip a coin to see who would have to do dishes. She said “heads I win, tails you lose.” 
Derogatory ]]> 2018-01-08 19:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219508502 Square Deal https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219539004 A fair compromise that everyone agrees on. The “Square Deal” was proposed by President Roosevelt because he wanted everyone to be equal. I went on a road trip with my friend and we agreed that he would pay for the gas and I would pay for the food.
Complementary ]]> 2018-01-08 20:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219539004 Pandora's https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219576443 A process that makes many difficult problems as the result of unwise chose in something. Two friends went down a path and one friend chose the path that said ‘Do Not Enter” and the other friend went down the path that said “Enter”. 
Derogatory.]]> 2018-01-08 23:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219576443 David and Goliath https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219577729 When you challenge something/someone that no one else will.
This allusion came from the story of David and Goliath. David was an Israelite who fought the daunting Goliath.
The bull-fighter was like the story of David and the Goliath, because he fights a beast that not many would face.
Neutral]]> 2018-01-08 23:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219577729 Hail Mary https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219578390 When somebody does something with only having a "Prayer's Chance."
This allusion came from the time a football team scored in the last seconds winning the game.
Our team tried to Hail Mary it, but we failed to score at the last minute.
Complementary ]]> 2018-01-08 23:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219578390 Home Stretch howarbro https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219596601 -The end of an activity or something you are doing
-It is the ending straight part of a racecourse
-The play is about to wrap up an is in the home stretch 
-Neutral ]]> 2018-01-09 02:51:04 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219596601 Wheelhouse https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219717245 Back in the early 19th century there were steamboats and the main controlling part of those steamboats were called wheelhouses. To have someone be in your wheelhouse  is to have them be in control of you.
Connotation: Nuetral]]> 2018-01-09 13:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219717245 Allutions https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219816979 herculean  definition : Strength or effort & muscular or strong.Late 16th century.Your very herculean for a young lady. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/herculean 
Take off the gloves or the gloves come off  definition: Comes form the sport of boxing.The mid  nineteenth century.Take off the gloves or the gloves come off the gym teacher said. http://grammarist.com/idiom/gloves-are-off-take-the-gloves-off/

]]> 2018-01-09 16:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219816979 Gauntlet https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219969970 Stealing someone's Thunder;17th century Play right John Dennis.Someone is sing something in your class but you sing it. its bad.http;//www.sps186.org/downloads/attachment/2211.]]> 2018-01-09 20:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219969970 Lazarus https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219971137 It's a good thingy dad came back from the dead.God is my help.In the bible, Lazarus was brother to mary and martha and was raised from the dead after four days.http://www.sheknows.com/baby-names/name/lazarus 

]]> 2018-01-09 20:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219971137 Don't be a scrooge https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219996072 To be mean, greedy, and a let down. From "The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Charles was being a scrooge because he didn't want to donate his toys even though he didn't use them.]]> 2018-01-09 22:08:06 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219996072 The Good Samaritan https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219996607 Someone who does a good deed for an enemy or when they don't have to. From the Bible. Charlie is a good samaritan because he helped Jessica even though she is mean to him.]]> 2018-01-09 22:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/emmermar/owfu88s74y9b/wish/219996607