Question

Which underlined phrase correctly identifies and allusion?

Sentence: As she left the concert hall, Shonda was as bright as the sun because her recital was a brilliant success; Mozart could not have play the piece better

Options:

A. As she left the concert hall

B. Shonda was as bright as the sun

C. her recital was as brilliant success

D. Mozart could not have play the piece better.

Answer 1

A, because all the other are in direct reference to something

Answer 2

D. Mozart could not have play the piece better.

Step-by-step explanation:

Allusion is a figure of speech consisting of making a brief and indirect reference to something (like a phrase, a place, idea, a literary work) or someone that has a significance in our society. Line D employs this figure of speech when it briefly mentions Mozart, or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an outstanding Austrian musician whose compositions have been considered some of the greatest classic songs of all time.