Apoem describes a heroic girl escaping danger. one verse of the poem describes her as a "teenage lara croft." lara croft is an athletic and intelligent video game character who explores dangerous tombs and ancient ruins. what type of allusion does the author create?

This is an example of what we call a cultural allusion.

Explained briefly, a cultural allusion is a brief, indirect reference to something with a historical, cultural, literary or political relationship. It can be a person, a  place, a thing, or even an idea. It's important to note that it not always detail the person, place or thing to which it refers.

As the main character in a videogame series, Lara Croft is part of modern culture, therefore being a modern culture allusion in this example.

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affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

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