Question

Which phrase from "Harun al-Rashid & One Thousand and One Nights" uses imagery?


"an Islamic state whose capital was the city of Baghdad"


"figures whose lights shone so bright in life"


"filmmakers take on these individuals as their subjects"


"the second son of his father, al-Mahdi, an important political leader"

Answer 1

Answer:

Which phrase from "Harun al-Rashid & One Thousand and One Nights" uses imagery?

1.) "filmmakers take on these individuals as their subjects"

2.) "figures whose lights shone so bright in life"  

3.)  "an Islamic state whose capital was the city of Baghdad"

4.)"the second son of his father, al-Mahdi, an important political leader"

Explanation: "Shines so bright in life" is an example of imagery, and imagery means a visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. I know that you have already taken the test, but here it is anyway! (I took it too!) 

Answer 2

The phrase that uses imagery from "Harun al-Rashid & One Thousand and One Nights" is, "figures whose lights shone so bright in life".

• A figure of speech is a word or phrase that possesses a separate meaning from its literal definition.
• It is usually used to produce a rhetorical effect or to improve the quality of a text.
• Figures of speech are common in poems as well as standard prose.
• A large number of figures of speech are available.
• Some of the popular figures of speech are Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Imagery, etc.
• Imagery is visual symbolism or figurative language that evokes a mental image or other kinds of sense impressions.
• Here, in the sentence "figures whose lights shone so bright in life", an image of a bright figure is being evoked in the minds of a reader.
• Hence, the phrase that uses imagery from "Harun al-Rashid & One Thousand and One Nights" is, "figures whose lights shone so bright in life".

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