Question

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Authors can draw on and use elements from other works. This element references a person, place, thing, or event. Popular types of this
element include mythical, Biblical, and Shakespearean. What element is it?

1.symbol
2. archetype
3. allusion

Answer 1

Answer:

2. Archetype.

Explanation:

A symbol is a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process.

An allusion is an artistic device.

An archetype is a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology, a very typical example of a certain person or thing.

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