Allusion. An allusion is a rhetorical technique in which reference is made to a person, event, object, or work from history or literature. Look for allusions as you read “House Guest.”
Tone. Tone is the emotional attitude toward the reader or toward the subject implied by a literary work.
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Some people’s personalities challenge us, raising basic, uncomfortable questions. Elizabeth Bishop’s “House Guest” presents a portrait of such a person. Bishop creates this portrait through precise description, vivid images, and bits of dialogue.\
As you read, make a cluster chart to determine the tone of the speaker’s comments toward the seamstress. In the first layer of circles, write a detail about the seamstress. In the next layer, write the speaker’s comment about this detail. One example has been done for you.
If one of your dreams became impossible to fulfill, would you retreat into disappointment, or would you seek another dream to take its place? Explain.
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