Question

Your presentation was a success. You’ve completed presenting the graphic slide presentation, and now, you want to engage your audience with some interaction.

You decide to tell a short story about how a colleague at the retail store where you work got you interested in Gothic literature by showing you a Gothic movie.

In this situation, you used a short personal story to engage the audience during your presentation.

Which of the following literary terms best describes this action?
Question 9 options:

Anecdote


Simile


Rhetorical question


Figurative language

Answer 1

Anecdote.

You used a brief personal story to engage the audience — that is the definition of an anecdote. (Not a simile, rhetorical question, or figurative language.)