allusions

[Jinfull]

`are allusions a type of figurative language?

thanks

[Clanad]

Figures of speech and figurative, or non-literal language, can help you clarify your meaning in an essay or other form of writing. Analogy, simile, metaphor and allusion are just a few of the more useful devices. An allusion is is a casual and brief reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event... allusions are to very well known characters or events, not to obscure ones. The usual sources for such allusions are literature, history, Greek myth, and the Bible, since these are generally widely known... The device is useful in that readers instantaneous pause and reflection on the analogy refreshes and strengthens the reader's mind....

[Peter Pedant]

This has to be an essay question isnt it?

I would put it above CSE standard.

first enumerate your figurative language

and a few examples....going from concrete - the Angel of the North to the soul of shakespeare - much less conrete...

Bring in the odd allusion -

Decide whether this is in figurative language - a bird fluttering in the desert anyuone can understand but drag in something biblical - St John but dont tell them which - or even - gulp - something from the Quran

what about Buraq who leaps - its ahorse by the way - from the dome of the rock to heaven with M on his back -

and discuss how much cultural influences and knowledge are important.....

and end the essay with yes or no.

Anyway that's how I would do it.....

[Trillipse]

PETER PEDANT, is there any need for that, really...?