Allusion

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Allusion

• A reference in a work of literature to a
  character, a place, or a situation from history
  or from music, art, or another work of
  literature.
• A passing or casual reference an incidental
  mention of something, either directly or by
  implication.

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Example of Allusion

• "As the cave's roof collapsed, he was swallowed
  up in the dust like Jonah, and only his frantic
  scrabbling behind a wall of rock indicated that
  there was anyone still alive".
• This is referring to Jonah from Jonah and the
  Whale, which is supposed to give you the image of
  being 'swallowed alive.'

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Example of Allusion
Ally didn't like to spend money. She was no
Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except
the bare necessities". This is a reference/
allusion to Scrooge from Charles Dickens A
Christmas Carol.
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Example of Allusion

• In an episode of The Simpsons, forty years in
  the future, Bart the Chief Justice of the United
  States Supreme Court takes Homer to a movie. In
  the snack bar soylent green is sold. The
  allusion is to Soylent Green a 1973 movie. In
  that movie soylent green is a food made for
  starving people in the future. Soylent Green is
  made out of people.

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Explain the Allusion