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Poem:Allusions: I was there to add some color to the British theater. "But the blacks can’t do Shakespeare, they have no experience.” This was true. Their thick skulls bled with rancor when the riot police and the skinheads exchanged quips you could trace to the Sonnets . . . –Midsummer, Derek Walcott Which statement best describes the effects of allusions in the passage? The allusions show that the police and the skinheads share a common language based on their race. The allusions help the speaker describe the poor educational system in England at the time. The allusions create a peaceful image of different ethnic groups discussing art and literature together. The allusions suggest that the speaker supports a violent response to racism.

Answer 1

The statements that best shows the use of allusion in the sentence is:

• The allusions help the speaker describe the poor educational system in England at the time.
• The allusions suggest that the speaker supports a violent response to racism.

What is an allusion?

This is a term that is used to refer to a way of calling something to mind without having to mention it in an explicit way.

It is an indirect way of making references to a thing or certain phenomena that has occured.

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