Question

read the source of the allusion. in jonathan swifts gullivers travels, gulliver encounters the yahoos, creatures who resemble humans but exhibit humans most brutish and impolite behaviors. what is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? there was a group of yahoos sitting at the table next to ours. chatty people hilarious people rude people

Explanation:

The source of the allusion says Yahoos in Gulliver's Travels exhibit humans' most brutish and impolite behaviors. In the sentence, "yahoos" is used as an allusion. "Chatty" means talkative, "hilarious" means funny, but "rude" matches the impolite behavior of Yahoos. So the allusion refers to rude people.

Answer:

rude people