Final Exam Review F24

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

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Dialect

Front

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

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Simile

Front

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

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Rhetorical question

Front

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

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True

Front

Which literary term is being used? 'Mamacita is the big mama of the man across the street, third-floor front. Rachel says her name ought to be Mamasota, but I think that´s mean.'

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Slang

Front

What is the term for a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration for emphasis?

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Hyperbole

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What is the term for giving human characteristics to non-human things?

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Personification

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What is the term for a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art?

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Allusion

Front

What is the term for a literary device that contrasts two or more ideas, characters, or places?

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Juxtaposition

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What is the term for a statement that seems contradictory but may reveal a truth?

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Paradox