Question

Read the passage below and answer the question.

I'm not exactly too small-town either. I read the Broadway columns. You get to know what New York boy is that way about what Hollywood actress on the West Coast and what starlet is currently the prettiest and who eventually, will play Joan of Arc. It gives you that worldly feeling.

From "Sixteen," by Maureen Daly

The passage above includes an example of which literary technique?

allusion

connotation

allegory

metaphor

Answer 1

The answer is allusion.
Allusion is mentioning something briefly, not really going into the details of it.

Answer 2

Allusion

Step-by-step explanation:

An allusion is a figure of speech that consists of making a brief and indirect reference to somebody or something supposed to be known, but not explicitly described and that has a historical, cultural, literary or political significance. The speaker uses allusion when she briefly mentions Joan of Arc without giving further description of who she is because the narrator expects the readers to know who this French heroine is.