ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature is known as a(n)
A
alliteration
B
allusion
C
illusion
D
idiom
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In literature, an allusion is a figure of speech that refers to a famous person, place, or historical event either directly or through implication.

Detailed explanation-2: -Allusions are generally regarded as brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature.

Detailed explanation-3: -Allusion is a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art. Casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event. An allusion may be drawn from history, geography, literature, or religion.

Detailed explanation-4: -allusion, in literature, an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text. Most allusions are based on the assumption that there is a body of knowledge that is shared by the author and the reader and that therefore the reader will understand the author’s referent.

Detailed explanation-5: -So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. Here, iconic American poet Robert Frost makes an allusion to the Biblical Garden of Eden ("so Eden sank to grief") to strengthen this idea that nothing-not even Paradise-can last forever.

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