Allusion修辞

AllusionContentsDefinitionUsagesFunctionDefinitionAllusionreferstosomepersonorevent,eitherhistoricalorfictional,thathasdramaticandvividconnotationandisoftenusedinspeechandwriting.Anallusionisafigureofspeechthatmakesreferenceto,orrepresentationofpeople,places,events,literarywork,myths,orworksofart,eitherdirectlyorbyimplication.Astatementthatreferstosomethinginanindirectway.usagesAllusionintheformofwordsAllusionintheformofphrasesAllusionintheformofsentencesAllusionintheformofwordsShakespeare,shylock(i.e.aruthless,pitilessmoney-lender),Lilliputian(i.e.fussysmall-mindedpeople,fromDeanSwift’sGulliver’sTravels)DonJuan(amanwhoisalwaysfallinginandoutoflove,fromByron'slongpoem)AllusionintheformofphrasesTheappleofdiscord(i.e.anysubjectofdisagreementanddissensions),Tocrywolf(i.e.giveafalsealarm),Cat’spaw(i.e.atoolforsomeoneelse,formAesop’sfable),Blowhotandcold(i.e.changeone’sownwaysorlikesoften,befickleorchangeable.)1.Hethrewusanappleofdiscord,sowesoonquarreledagain.2.Idon’twanttobethemantocrywolf,theywon’tbelieveanymore.3.It'sevidentthathewantstomakeacat'spawofyou.4.Hetendstoblowhotandcold.AllusionintheformofsentencesHomersometimesnods.(Eventhegreatestofmortalserrfromtimetotime)FunctionsNotonlydowritersuseallusiontosavetimeandwords,buttheyalsogiveyouthepleasurethatcomesfromseeingsimilaritiesorhearingechoesofideas.Thanks