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Literary Devices: Allusion: Examples and Definition

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This site defines Allusion and then provides several examples of allusion in literature including Milton's Paradise Lost, Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and Keats's Ode to the Grecian Urn. It also discusses the function of allusion. RL.9-10.9 allusions to other works

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