Read this sentence from Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own.

Question

"They had no money evidently; according to Professor Trevelyan they were married whether they liked it or not before they were out of the nurssery, at fifteen or sixteen very likely."

Her reference to Professor Trevelyan is an example of which of the following?

A. sarcastic wit
B. free verse
C. an antonym
D. an allusion

I thought it was D but now I'm starting to think it's A. What do you think?

Answer 1

Yes, A.