is this an allusion?

Question

Is this an allusion: Gun case questions 2nd amendment. PLZ i need help peoples.

Answer 1

allusion
n.
"The act of alluding; indirect reference: Without naming names, the candidate criticized the national leaders by allusion.
An instance of indirect reference: an allusion to classical mythology in a poem. See Usage Note at allude.
[Late Latin allūsiō, allūsiōn-, a playing with, from Latin allūsus, past participle of allūdere, to play with. See allude.]"

Answer 2

Uh, no. That's a headline.

An allusion is a literary term where one work makes a subtle reference to a character or something like that in another literary work (although it's usually applied more generally to art, music, films, etc, not just literature). You have to know the work they're referring to to get the allusion.

For example, a character in a story may refer to something as "an albatross around his neck." This is an allusion to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (although it's become a common enough saying that people forget what it actually alludes to).

Answer 3

Who should have the "right to keep and bear arms."


We believe that the Second Amendment right to self-protection and defense of liberty should be granted to all those eligible including everyone of legal age, and those who are not violent criminals.

What was the intent of the Second Amendment?

The intent of these amendments was to protect individuals from government powers. They were meant as a guarantee to the individual state governments as well as the American citizens that the Federal government would not try to take away the freedoms which many of them had so recently fought for. Senator William Grayson wrote to Patrick Henry; "Last Monday, a string of amendments were presented to the lower House; these altogether respected personal liberty…" (p. 76).

"To preserve Liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." (Richard Henry Lee, Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, and member of the first Continental Congress, which passed the Bill of Rights)

Answer 4

my perception is that an allusion hints at something without giving a noun. Your phrase is direct with two nouns.

If it said: The great equalizer on trial there would be an allusion.

Answer 5

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