What is a allusion for a literary device?

What is a allusion for a literary device? its on a book and it ask is the chapter an allusion to something or to someone? what does that mean?

Answer #1

A more common word for ‘allusion’ is a ‘reference’ (to allude to = to refer to)

For example, if you say something like, ‘Ever since Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden, people have (…)’ that is a Biblical allusion, because you are referring to something in the Bible, even though you don’t quote it exactly.

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