What's this word?

[AgaBoogaBoo]

when the author makes a reference to some biblical figure or something, what is the word for that?

 

[minendo]

Fiction.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

doh, seriously

 

[DumbGuy]

allegory?

 

[tweakmm]

Allusion.

 

[RIGorous1]

allusion

damn he beat me by a few seconds...

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

thanks tweak and rigorous

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: minendo
Fiction.

ouch.

 

[Wheatmaster]

allusion

edit: whoops too late

 

[kage69]

Fiction.

Zing!

Since when does "allusion" have a biblical context?

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: kage69

Fiction.

Since when does "allusion" have a biblical context?

It doesn't but it's the literary term for making a reference to a previous work. A reference to the bible is a biblical allusion.

 

[kage69]

That's what I thought...