Figurative Language Analysis

Imagery can be defined as the use of words to create a vivid mental

Auditory imagery is when words are used to let you imagine noises or sounds, and sometimes to help you understand the intensity of a sound. The next example is when Scout hears Miss. Caroline scream because she saw a cootie in Burris Ewell’s hair. “A sudden shriek shattered my resentments”. Nothing was actually shattered the sentence is exaggerated to show and help you get an idea of how and loud and sudden the shriek was. This sentence influenced the plot of the story because it showed how scared Miss. Caroline was of the bug found on Burris Ewell.

Imagery is when authors use vivid descriptions so the reader can imagine the characters and settings. In the book All Quiet on the Western Front, imagery is used by the author, Remarque, to help the readers imagine the scene when the soldiers are taking a break in a meadow after half of their regiment was killed in an attack. Imagery was used when the protagonist took a good look at the meadow and saw the “grasses sway their tall spears; the white butterflies flutter around and float on the soft warm wind of the late summer” (Remarque 9) where “on the horizon [there were] bright yellow, sunlit observation balloons, [and there were] little white clouds of anti-aircraft shells”(Remarque 9). This quote describes what the protagonist sees when he looks at the meadow and on the horizon where a battle was taken place. This is imagery because the author uses vivid words to create an image in the reader's mind of what was happening in the scene. The author included this technique to give the reader the scene and what the character saw in his own eyes. (189 words)

Imagery is the use of descriptive language to draw attention to characters, scenes, and items. Imagery can be anything from describing how a character looks to describing how something sounds. In Whale Talk a prime example of imagery is when Carly says “‘That night I got a bottle opener from the kitchen and a ball peen hammer and redecorated his brand-new Lexus; smashed all the glass and ran the beer opener down each side, fender to fender’” (Crutcher 74). Another example of imagery in Whale Talk is “He

Imagery is describing an author’s use of vivid description that evokes the reader to feel as if they can visualize the scene. In the book, imagery is portrayed by the author to make people feel like they are in the character’s shoes, specifically where Samantha is drifting off to sleep in her mom’s car. The in-depth description of Samantha dozing off to sleep looking out of the window is described in this quote, “ I watch the highway lights, my eyelids sinking, then the summer streetlights as the roads get smaller and smaller, closer to home” (Fitzpatrick 283). In this quote, Samantha, the main character, describes what she sees out of the car window on her way home from her mother’s meeting while she is drifting to sleep. This is imagery because

3. Imagery- descriptive language used to make the audience think of a picture in their mind; words to help visualize.

“He reached up and pulled his own down over his face as a high pitched whine suddenly stabbed into his ears. He felt the hair on his body began to stand up, even through the material of his uniform; it was as though the air itself was suddenly full of electricity. Around him, operator's retreated from the vampires they were engaging, pulling their visors down over their faces. The whine became a scream, so loud and high that Cal thought his eardrums must be about to burst.” (Hill p 509-510) In this example, Hill described the sounds around as a high pitched screech that hurt to hear. “As a result, fewer than fifteen vampires were inside the Franternitè to hear Lord Dante’s voice boom across the theater.” (Hill p 341) Hill uses the expression of echo to show the size of the theater and power in the old vampire's

Imagery: “Broadly defined, imagery is any sensory detail or evocation in a work; more narrowly, the use of figurative language to evoke a feeling, to call to mind an idea, or to describe an object. Imagery may be described as auditory, tactile, visual, or olfactory depending on which sense it primarily appeals to—hearing, touch, vision, or smell. An image is a particular instance of imagery.”

Imagery is a literary element most often used to help the reader understand the setting. Imagery describes the scene or people in the scene with details that make the work more interesting. Gwendolyn Brooks uses a lot of imagery to describe people in her poems. Pat Mora, the author of “Immigrants”, uses imagery to describe Hispanic perspective of the American culture. Although used in different ways, imagery is always used to make a poem more descriptive and understandable.

Every morning, a 71 year-old male stranger accompanies me on my way to school. I only know of his name, but I enjoy his company and chuckle as he comments on my generation’s use of language. Yet once NPR’s linguistic segment of Fresh Air ends, Geoff Nunberg’s witty remarks fade into the abyss. In the quietness of the car, I am left to revel in my own passion for languages: a transformative journey through Spanish and Chinese.

Imagery is any piece of language that provokes the readers mind to form a mental picture or image.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American lecturer, writer, feminist and publisher who was a leading theorist in women’s rights. Gilman’s childhood was surrounded by poverty due to the fact that her father had left the family and it left the mother to fend for her and her children. Most of the education that she was lucky to receive was limited and irregular, Perkins would go to her town library to study books and novels considering her family couldn’t afford a formal education for her as a child. But, she did attend Rhode Island School of Design so she did receive some form of formal education. As Gilman aged, her writings and essays became more concise and sophisticated compared to when she was a younger woman.

Imagery is used by many writers and this is when the writer uses visually descriptive or figurative language.

Imagery is figurative language that describes senses to the reader so the reader can easily imagine the scenes and action in a literary work. A piece of writing could describe a specific smell, for example, to help the reader capture the moment in their mind. Imagery affects the tone of the poem because certain images could trigger the reader's emotion and attitude towards the writing. For example, in "President Lincoln's Declaration of Emancipation, January 1, 1863" by Frances E. W. Harper, it says in description "Soon the mists and turkey shadows shall be fringed with crimson light," which makes the reader feel warm and hopeful that things will get better.

Shakespeare’s ingenious is exemplified in The Tempest, for his use of diegetic sound, and for utilizing the indoor theatre. Noise, or sound, is one of the most important elements of this play. It aids in providing the right atmosphere for key moments of action in the play, and it often creates a lasting impact on the audience, as opposed to words or dialogue. Even music can be a predictable element in the portrayal of the scene depending on the tone and volume. All of these facts pose the question, how does Shakespeare use the elements of sound/noise, to put the audience into a state of wonder or confusion?