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What are examples of literary allusion?

An allusion is a reference to a person, place, thing, or historical reference. Allusions assume the reader has enough knowledge to understand the reference. An example would be: Discovering the truth just opened Pandora's Box. The reader must know the story of Pandora's Box to understand the significance of the statement.


What is a literary allusion in a short story?

Allusion is a reference to something outside the story itself. For example, the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck uses an allusion to Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse" in its title. One of the lines of the poem says, translated, "The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry." This idea then relates to the book.Look in the story for some reference to a person, place, event, etc, from outside the story itself. Maybe there's a line that says the girl has Lucille Ball comedy or Harpo Marx hair. That would be an allusion. We have to be culturally literate to understand allusions since they reference material that is not in the text.An allusion deals with outside sources in a novel. They "allude" to a specific event, person, place, or time in history, literature, mythology or religion. For example, one could write that the mountain would make Zeus bow at its knees. (personification and mythical allusion)An example of a religious or biblical allusion would be "I walked into the crowd and everyone parted in reverence like the red sea." (biblical allusion to Moses parting the red sea)An example of a literary allusion would be "We were forced to move west, as if we were the Joads" (Literary allusion to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath)An example of an allusion to a specific event, person, and time in history would be "As I walked through the door, I felt as if I'd stepped into Rome straddling the line to civil war, as if I were Caesar about to cross the Rubicon."Allusions are fairly simple concepts. An allusion is just a reference.


What is Poseidon allusions?

In Greek mythology, Poseidon, the god of the sea, was Zeus's brother. An 'allusion' is a reference to something else. So, a poseidon allusion would be a reference, probably in a story or movie, to something about the sea or directly to Poseidon. For example, the 2006 movie called Poseidon was about an ocean liner named Poseidon meeting it's untimely demise - this is a direct allusion to Poseidon (the Greek god). Also, there is a scuba equipment manufacturer called Poseidon, Inc. Again, this is a direct Poseidon allusion.


What do you call a reference made about a work of literature?

You might call it an allusion, which means a reference to another thing, especially literary work, without directly referring to it.______Your question asks about references; you may be going for the word citation, which would refer to the printed reference in a work that tells the reader where to find the source from which quoted material was taken.


What is allusion as a verb?

A reference to another work or well-known aspect of culture.


A sentence for allusion?

Meaning "indirect reference" or "bringing something to mind in passing", the term "allusion" can be used in numerous ways in a sentence. Just one example would be, "The author's allusion to her primary source went undetected by all of the reviewers who critiqued her essay."


In a speech a modern political leader makes a passing reference to the Trojan was which took place hunderds of years ago this would be an example of?

Allusion


What are easy ways to remember allusion?

An allusion is an indirect or passing reference, a way to call something to mind without stating it directly. The success of an allusion depends on the audience "getting it," so you might think about "ALL-U" getting the reference to remind you that an allusion isn't immediately understood. You might also remember that "ALL Understand" an allusion or even "ALL" don't get it. Any way you can remember ALLusion instead of ILLusion would help you remember the word. To remember the definition, you could also think of Anti-direct or Anti-statement so you'll think of it being an indirect statement.


What does allusion mean?

An allusion is a references to a place, myth, literary work, historical event, or person. For example, the brand name Nike is an allusion to the Greek goddess Nike, who was the goddess of victory. Nike would want to allude to such a goddess, since it conveys a positive image of the company.


In a speech a modern political leader makes a passing reference to the Trojan War which took place a hundred years ago this would be an example of?

allusion


In a speech a modern political leader makes a passing reference to the Trojan War which took place hundreds of years ago This would be an example of?

Allusion


What is an example of allusion in Rikki-tikki-tavi?

An allusion is anything that alludes to or refers to something well known. "It is raining so hard we need to build an ark" would be a Biblical allusion to the story of Noah. There can be Biblical, Historical, Classical, and Literary allusions. I would have to reread the story to give a specific example but maybe knowing what it is you can find the answer yourself know.