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An article discusses the first professional football player who was deaf. The author compares the player to Jackie Robinson, who was the first African American in Major League Baseball. What type of allusion does the author create? Biblical Historical Literary Mythological

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Historical because he is comparing one first to another first in history so that means its historical.

The author creates an historical allusion.

An allusion is a brief or inderect reference to a person, thing, or an idea of an historical, cultural, literary, or political importance. Both the first professional football player that was deaf and Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball are both important historical figures. Therefore, the allusion would be historical rather than biblical, literary, or mythological.