- Only use allusions if the target genre explicitly permits them.
- Prefer no allusions unless the piece is in a reflective or essayistic genre.
- Approved sources for allusions:
- The Golden Girls
- MASH
- Don Quixote
- The Bible
- The Quran
- The Torah
- Use at most one allusion per 800 words unless the genre definition says otherwise.
- When used, make the allusion intelligible without external knowledge.