Final Exam Review F24

What is the term for a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Juxtaposition

Which literary term refers to a question asked to create a dramatic effect rather than to get an answer?

• Rhetorical question

• Allusion

• Anecdote

• Imagery

What is the term for the use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, thing, place, or experience?

• Symbol

• Imagery

• Slang

• Dialect

Which of the following is a unifying element in nearly all poetry and much prose, consisting of sounds, syllables, words, phrases, etc. in frequent repetition?

• Theme

• Repetition

• Juxtaposition

• Metaphor

What is the term for a brief account of or a story about an individual or an incident?

• Anecdote

• Allusion

• Simile

• Metaphor

Which literary term is used when an object is given human thoughts, feelings, or attitudes?

• Personification

• Symbol

• Imagery

• Metaphor

What is the term for a distinctive variety of language spoken by members of an identifiable regional group, nation, or social class?

• Slang

• Dialect

• Allusion

• Juxtaposition

True or False: Juxtaposition is a key element of Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait on the Mexico Border.

• True

• False

In “No Speak English”, home is an example of which literary term?

• Metaphor

• Symbol

• Simile

• Personification

True or False: Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie is known for her use of anecdotes.

• True

• False