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Allusion
Context Clue
Trojan Horse
Meaning o
Allusion
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"But I soon
understood that
her "gift" was a
Trojan horse."
"... meant to
keep me from
skateboarding."
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The one who had arranged for the gift
was his father, not his aunt.
The real purpose of the "gift" was to
defeat his wishes.
The Trojan Horse, a
huge statue, appeared at
the gates of Troy. The
Trojans hauled this gift"
into their city. But hidden
in the horse were Greek
soldiers, who opened the
gates to their
Greeks attacked Troy and
won the Trojan War.
The "gift" was not nearly as good as he
had imagined
The "gift" was completely different fr Jacke
what it appeared to be.
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Noun clause: whoever answers the question.

Function of clause: objects of a preposition.

Explanation:

Noun clauses are those clauses that function as a noun and has a subject and a verb. They are dependent clauses and can be of different types, depending on their function in the sentence.

In the given sentence "the teacher will call on whoever answers the question", the noun clause is "whoever answers the question". This is because noun clauses start with words such as "what, how, who, which, whoever, whenever" etc.

And the noun clause in this sentence functions as an object of a preposition. An object of preposition means that the noun clause comes after a preposition in a sentence and acts as an object in the sentence.