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Nonamiya [84]
3 years ago
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What is an allusion

English
2 answers:
kvv77 [185]3 years ago
6 0
Allusion is a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referenced 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
Naya [18.7K]3 years ago
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It's an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly.
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