(1) ask young people today if they know of anyone who has had smallpox, and they might ask, "what’s smallpox? ” (2) that is because this disease was eradicated from the planet decades ago, to vaccinations. (3) despite the obvious effectiveness of vaccination, opponents of this procedure argue that humans are better off fighting diseases on their own without adding anything potentially harmful to their bodies. (4) still, the american academy of pediatrics says that vaccines can be 99 percent effective, and the centers for disease control claims that, over a 10-year period, vaccines allowed 322 million children to avoid illnesses. (5) so the next time someone tells you that vaccines are poisoned apples that will lead to a fate like snow white’s, counter their argument with the facts. (6) the bottom line is that vaccines are safe to use and save lives.
which sentence in the passage contains an allusion?
sentence 1
sentence 3
sentence 4
sentence 5

Sentence 3

Explanation:

It mentions it implicitly.

Sentence 4

Explanation: This sentence provides you with the knowledge of something you know is never going to happen. Snow white is a mythical story unrelated to the seriousness of smallpox.

Allusion is a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly. It is left to the audience to make the direct connection. Where the connection is directly and explicitly stated by the author, it is instead usually termed a reference.

d

explanation:

subject: why anyone can be a genius.

occasion: moving forward in life.

audience: average person

purpose: to push you further in life

speaker: many famous geniuses.

here is the poem:

here is thy, and here is thee, genius is for what he can be.

poem is a matter of rhyme, but like ben frank said, life is a matter of time.

we have great inventors such as thomas edison, who said, "genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration." no, no perspiration as what comes from your skeleton.

we have great minds, from places of all kinds, such as yu kaw la chi tie, (now im switching languages because yu kaw was japanese.)

てちハラスイヒイス, てちラスイヒイス

てちのちみスイヒイス.

you are a genius, well not yet, but you are capable, and that is a bet.