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10.8 Source Material and Allusions Worksheet

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Core academic competencies and curriculum alignment

This World Literature English worksheet provides structured practice on 10.8 Source Material and Allusions. Students are guided through targeted exercises that build foundational understanding, computational accuracy, and critical thinking skills.

Skill 10.8: Source Material and Allusions Standard ELA.10.8: Grade 10 reading literature skill focus: Source Material and Allusions.

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Grade

World Literature

Subject

English

Domain

English Curriculum

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

A narrative describes a city council meeting where residents debate whether to remove a statue. One speaker says, “Burying the past won’t stop it from haunting us,” while another insists that naming wrongs “invites curses.” The narrator notes that the real fear is not the dead, but the living who benefited.

Which allusion best fits the idea of “curses” tied to buried wrongdoing, and why?

AMidas; it frames injustice as solved by wealth

BNoah’s ark; it frames injustice as erased by a reset

CThe Odyssey; it frames injustice as a travel inconvenience

DGreek tragedy (family/city curses from hidden crimes); it frames injustice as a communal legacy that demands acknowledgment

Solution & Explanation:Greek tragedies often feature curses born from buried crimes; the allusion frames public injustice as a communal legacy that must be named to be healed.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

In a poem, a speaker says she “wrestled all night” with a decision and woke up limping. She refuses to say what she decided, only that she “left with a new name” and that the limp is “proof I didn’t pretend.”

What is the best analysis of the allusion’s function?

AIt echoes the Sphinx to portray conflict as a puzzle solved by logic

BIt echoes Jacob wrestling the angel to portray inner conflict as transformative struggle that leaves lasting change

CIt echoes Achilles’ heel to portray conflict as a single weakness

DIt echoes Atlas to portray conflict as responsibility for others’ mistakes

Solution & Explanation:Wrestling all night, limping, and receiving a new name mirror Jacob’s struggle; it casts the decision as life-changing inner conflict.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

A poem about burnout describes a worker staring at an email inbox that “multiplies like loaves.” But the poem twists the image: the more messages appear, the less anyone is fed. The speaker ends by asking who benefits when abundance becomes exhaustion.

What is the most accurate analysis of the allusion and its inversion?

AIt inverts Babel to show language becoming perfectly unified

BIt inverts the loaves-and-fishes miracle to show a “multiplication” that drains rather than nourishes

CIt inverts the flood to show water saving rather than destroying

DIt inverts Icarus to show flight causing wisdom

Solution & Explanation:The inbox “multiplies like loaves” echoes the feeding miracle, but the poem flips it so multiplication becomes depletion—abundance that exhausts.

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QWhat grade level and standards does this worksheet align with?

This worksheet is designed specifically for World Literature English students. It aligns with educational standard ELA.10.8 (Grade 10 reading literature skill focus: Source Material and Allusions.).