Creative Writing: Imagery, Diction, and Figures of Speech Flashcards
A type of imagery that uses descriptive language to create mental images.
Sensory Imagery
5 types of Sensory Imagery
- Visual Imagery
- Gustatory Imagery
- Tactile Imagery
- Auditory Imagery
- Olfactory Imagery
It refers to the sense of sight or what you can see that includes visual descriptions.
Visual Imagery
Sense of taste that includes flavors.
Gustatory Imagery
It is what you can touch and feel that includes texture and sensations.
Tactile Imagery
It refers to the way things sound which is a sense of hearing.
Auditory Imagery
The sense of smell wherein simile is common allows writers to compare a particular scent.
Olfactory Imagery
It is just like taste that is due to mixture.
Odours
It has no smell and taste.
Uncompounded
It has no smell such as air and fire.
Simple Substances
Its only example of smell is earth.
Elementary Substance
9 figures of speech
- Anaphora
- Alliteration
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Personification
- Onomatopoeia
- Irony
- Hyperbole
- Oxymoron
It is where a word or a phrase is repeated at the start of successive clauses for emphasis.
Anaphora
It refers to the same letter or sound is used at the start of multiple words for effect.
Alliteration
It is where words “like” or “as” are used to compare 2 things.
Simile
