Imagery: A Summary Of Some Literary Terms

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.”

Metaphors and similes are comparing two unlike objects, and should have nothing to do with the action of a living thing.

In the story "The Chrysanthemums," by John Steinbeck, imagery is important in the development of his characters. The man who drives the wagon and fixes things is a perfect example of imagery. "His worn black suit was wrinkled and spotted with grease. The laughter had disappeared from his face and eyes the moment his laughing voice ceased. His eyes were dark, and they were full of the

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

a metaphor, which is the comparison of two things by just stating that one thing is the other.

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)

The narrator has a usage of similes show up in the book several times. “Hans Hubermann held his hand out and presented a piece of bread, like magic.” To the Jewish prisoner

Imagery is a type of figurative language that gives visual symbolism to a piece of writing or just sentences. In I Know Why The Caged Bird Sing, the phenomenal Maya Angelou use the simple acts of prepositional phrase to describe and give life to the an event everyone hopes and dreams of. I have read this excerpt over and over, and every time I get a little more amaze. It's totally unbelievable how someone can make a person feel like he/she was at the same occasion, but only has experienced something of similar characteristics.

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

In the book “The Marginal World” Rachel Carson uses imagery to make her readers feel like they are part of the book and viewing what she is seeing at the shore. Throughout the story there are many passages and lines that show imagery. One passage that caught my eye was, “Underwater that was clear as glass the pool was carpeted with green sponge. Gray patches of sea squirts glistened on the ceiling and colonies of soft coral were a pale apricot color” (216). This passage provides strong imagery and is significant to this passage because Rachel Carson wants her readers to see what she is seeing in the water. She also wants to show the connection between humans and the environment. As an author you want to show imagery because you want your audience to relate and to be able to understand the story they are trying to tell.

Metaphor: a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar.

Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language. An example of textile imagery is “You might feel aimless” which shows what it feels like when you don’t think you are going anywhere. Another example is “Can’t see the places where you belong” which is sight imagery. “Glorious” also contains a lot of symbolism. Symbolism is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities.

Imagery is word or words, either figurative or literal, used to describe sensory experience or object perceived by sense. Imagery is used to help make the story come alive and O. E. Rölvaag does this very well. In Giants in the Earth he uses imagery to bring to live everything from the trolls that follow Beret to the night sky that closes in on them. The first example of the use of imagery is when the author describes fire.

Imagery is describing what people, places, and things look like and what sounds sound like within a story. This practice is very useful in storytelling. For example, in “The Diary of Anne Frank” it is written that, “ It is the top floor of a warehouse and office building in Amsterdam, Holland.” (Goodrich & Hackett 701). This quote describes the setting to the reader so that they get a better picture of what's going on in the story.

Imagery: A word or group of words that appeal to one or more of the senses. In the final scene of the published version of Charles Dicken’s novel, Great Expectations, the text’s emotional imagery connects to the larger theme of the novel that people grow from being insensitive children to become sophisticated adults. The moving tone is amplified by the comparison of Estella during her first meeting of Pip to their last. During their second encounter, Estella is quick to prove her meanness and slap Pip “with such force as she had” (63). Estella’s emotional growth, however, is shown when they meet in the future and Estella touches Pips arm as “the friendly touch of the once insensible hand” (379) before they walked off together. These images shows Estella shedding the skin of her younger self’s personality, and, connecting to the novel's main theme, her maturation evolution.