LITERATURE QUESTIONS
PURITAN LITERATURE
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a comparison of two unlike things using ‘like’ or ‘as’
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a reference an author makes to a historical figure or event, another piece of literature, artwork, etc.
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an imagined circumstance in a story
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an author’s tone about a person or event in the text
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -An allusion is a reference to a well-known person, character, place, or event that a writer makes to deepen the reader’s understanding of their work by creating an association between the work and the reference.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Types of allusion The most common form of allusion is a religious allusion, but there are also historical, mythological, and literary allusions. Historical – An allusion to a historical event or period. For example, “He was a Nero” suggests disturbing behaviour like that from the infamous Roman emperor.
Detailed explanation-5: -An allusion is when an author or poet makes an indirect reference to some idea, figure, other text, place, or event that originates from outside the text. It could also refer to something that happens earlier in the text; this is often called an “internal allusion” (as opposed to a regular, or “external, ” allusion).