Imagery
Definition:
In literature, one of the strongest devices is imagery wherein the author uses words and phrases to create “mental images” for the reader. Imagery helps the reader to visualize more realistically the author’s writings. The usage of metaphors, allusions, descriptive words and similes amongst other literary forms in order to “tickle” and awaken the readers’ sensory perceptions is referred to as imagery. Imagery is not limited to only visual sensations, but also refers to igniting kinesthetic, olfactory, tactile, gustatory, thermal and auditory sensations as well.
Example:
The gushing brook stole its way down the lush green mountains, dotted with tiny flowers in a riot of colors and trees coming alive with gaily chirping birds.
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244 comments posteddoes anyone happen to know what the term for the opposite of imagery is? like the author just presenting the facts without the use of any imagery or much description at all. trying to research that just brings me to sites like these that explain what imagery is.
Its un-imagery where the author does not describe anything.
Here's and example:
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What is the type of imagery called where it describes smell
Olfactory imagery describes smell.
what kind of imagery is this
It isn’t imagery
the scarlet ibis by james hurst
all hooks where thrown in the see for a single fish. is this an example of imagery
no, this is merely the description of an action. Imagery is descriptive language. See the example given on this page.
No longer do she perceive friendship as a natural thing growing wild around her
'In the blink of an eye babies appear in carriages and coffins disappear into the ground'
yes, it is a hyperbole (exaggeration) and they are considered imagery
I'm curious to know if these are pieces of imagery, I'm not 100% sure, so if you have any idea, just speak your mind.
1: "I heard ten thousand wisperin' and nobody listenin'"
2: "I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin'"
3: "I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world"
4: "I met a man who was wounded in love, I met another man who was wounded in hatred"
If you have any idea, just speak your mind, thanks a lot!
Maybe #4, but i'm not 100% sure.
Your question really got me into looking for an answer. I spent 30 minutes just staring at the question thinking about it.
Thanks for getting my brain to turn on! <3
number 4 ,i guess, is not imagery
the exquisite meal started with a colourful platter of herbage which gave of a lovely aroma.
He has a green skin with long,sharp nose and has pointy ears.
It is description
He is a mean and cross elf
Standing on one leg
“I could see the delicate latticework of the leaves, the texture of the soil, the brownes needles beneath the pines, the configurations of geology and human history.”
Yes it's visual image because the persona is able to see the delicate latticework of the leaves EJADU SIMON KALAKI SS
The ground was covered in white
My face covered in red
when i walked into the warmth
heat blasted my face like flames
It felt like a popsicle on a hot-summer day
When i closed my eyes slowly
I felt like i was in paradise
i was so crisp and bleak before
heat blasted my face like flames is a concrete example of simile right?
My question is whenever someone uses a literary device, he/she might have unconsciously utilized some of them at the same time?
his face was lit with excitement
no, it's not imagery. To be an imagery, it has to be descriptive with adjectives
Sorry, but it is an image - by referring to the face as being 'lit', the author is drawing on a non-literal way to describe the face.
He was a tall redhead, wearing sagging jeans barely held up by a rainbow belt.
It's all talking about his appearance, which is imagery and stuff because like, it's totally imagery yo, like imagery refers to the five senses, and seeing stuff is like, totally one of the five senses yo,
LIKE OMG THIS IS SO IMAGERYYYY
"In cotton picking time the later afternoons revealed the harshness of Black Southern life, which in the early morning had been softened by nature's blessing of grogginess,forgetfulness and the soft lamplight.
This sentence mostly describes abstract concepts like afternoon, morning, Black Southern life, grogginess, and forgetfulness. The only thing in this sentence which can be seen is soft lamplight. I would say this sentence uses more personification, as in, "later afternoons revealed" and "softened by nature's blessing".
One is gold put to the use of paving stones, and the other tin polished to ape a service of silver
The air was heavy with the stench of blood, and as he looked down, the normally white floor was covered in dark, congealing liquid.
1) stench of blood - sense of smell (olfactory imagery)
2) dark, congealing liquid - sense of sight (visual imagery)
The conch was smash to a powder
No this is not imergary
Montresor and Fortunato are down in the “catacombs.”
Are these Imagery? " It's time to strap our boots on " and " Wipe the blood out of our eyes " Please help. This is for an important assignment!
no this is not imagery. Imagery appeals to our five senses **Hint Hint***
This wouldn't be imagery because it isn't depicting a mental picture, it's just someone giving a speech to some other people, not the narrator talking
Your love is like a river, that I am floating down.
Hi, this is more likely a simile. A simile is a comparison using the words "like" or "as". This sentence uses the word "like" and compares "love" and "river", claiming that "love" is similar to "river". This sentence is actually not using correct grammar either, as the correct sentence structure would have been: "Your love is like a river that I am floating down" without a comma. Hope this helped!
This is more like symbolism
Your love is "like" a river, "that i am floating down." The "like" makes it a simile and the part after the "," is a form of imagery.
that is a similie
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