ALLUSION WHAT IS AN ALLUSION? An allusion is a reference to a person, place, or event. It is to be familiar to the reader. It is a strategy that brings relationship between a previous story and the story that is being told. Allusions give the writer of a piece of literature power and flexibi...

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The external and internal conflicts are very evident in Wright's story Black boy. When the boy's father left, his internal problem of hunger became closely associated with his father. After the boy started doing household chores such as cleaning and shopping, that gave way to another internal prob...

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• Grade Level: High School