The main purpose of a figurative language is to convey more information and enable readers or listeners have a deeper understanding of a literary work (write-up) or speech. Allusion is an example of a figurative language.
Allusion can be defined as a reference in a text to a well known text, person, event, or thing. Thus, allusion avails an author the opportunity to compress or embed a great deal of meaningful and significant information into a phrase or word.
