Question

The stray cat stalked down the street. Her walk was proud--she barely flinched when a car on the corner backfired. She reached the end of the street and made one majestic leap to the top of an open trash can, where, with great dignity, she settled over a meal of broken bones, a back alley Cleopatra. Which detail from the text contains an allusion?

Answer 1

Answer:

"...  she settled over a meal of broken bones, a back alley Cleopatra."

Explanation:

An allusion is a figure of speech where the speaker/ author talks about something without explicitly stating it. In short, it is a passing reference to an unrelated context, be it historical, mythical, literary, or even religious. And to understand an allusion, the reader needs prior knowledge about the reference.

In the given text, the allusion is found in the line "... she settled over a meal of broken bones, a back alley Cleopatra." This is an allusion to the character/ persona of Cleopatra, the historically famous queen of Egypt.