He title of Achebe's Things Fall Apart is an example of what literary device?

a.) allegory

b.) proverb

c.) literary allusion

d.) extended metaphor

C. literary allusion is the answer.

The title of Achebe's Things Fall Apart is an example of literary allusion. Option C is correct.

The title of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe stems from a line in a poem by William Butler Yeats, "The Second Coming." The third and fourth lines of the poem are:

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world ...

Allusion is defined as a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It is a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to have knowledge to indentify the allusion and understand why it is importance in a text.