help,i need help, its with grammar?

Question

do u have 6 examples of an allusion?

yes i know it doesnt belong here, but there are more people here,.

Answer 1

here are seven favorites.

-to meet one’s Waterloo (allusion on Napoleons defeat in the Battle of Waterloo)

-to wash one’s hands of it. (allusion on Pontius Pilatus, who sentenced Jesus to death, but washed his hands afterwards to demonstrate that he was not to blame for it.)

-to be as old as Methusalem (allusion on Joseph’s grandfather, who was 969 years old according to the Old Testament)

-to guard sth with Argus’s eyes (allusion on the giant Argus from Greek mythology, who watched over Zeus’ lover Io.)

-the Scrooge Syndrome (allusion on the rich, grieve and mean Ebeneezer Scrooge from Charles Dicken’s “Christmas Carol”)

-The software included a Trojan Horse. (allusion on the Trojan horse from Greek mythology)

-Plan ahead. It was not raining when Noah built the Ark. (Richard Cushing) (allusion on the biblical Ark of Noah)

Answer 2

Allusion - Something said or written that mentions a subject, person indirectly


I hope these help;

The committee made no allusion to the former President in it's report.

Elliot's poetry is full of biblical allusions.

In his poetry we find many allusions to the human body.

There are many allusions concerning Science in his book.

He often alluded to his poverty.

The letter alludes to something that is now forgotten.

Answer 3

Read a T. S. Eliot poem.
or:
http://www.worsleyschool.net/socialarts/allusion/page

Answer 4

an allusion would be a reference to a previously known, or somewhat known reference.... so anythingrefered to in real-life...

Answer 5

i know one. read Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech. it shows allusion. dont ask me how i just know that we were talking about that in ou english class the other day.

Answer 6

You are alluding to the fact that you are an idiot by posting a grammatical questing in the singles and dating forum

Answer 7

It's illusion actually. Google it and you'll find tons of examples.

Answer 8

#1 i,m know it, doesn,t belong here, but more people are here,#2yes it doesn,t belong here, but there are people here.#3itdosen,t belong here,but more people are here.#4yes it dosen,t belong here, more people are here.# 5it doesn,t belong here people are here#6dosen,t belong here there,s people here.

Answer 9

http://www.rutgersprep.org/~kendall/ap/literary_terms/allusion.html