Imagery Flashcards
How does the writer use imagery in the phrase “On a rock”
Metaphor comparing the shark to a rock - bulky/solid without feeling or intelligence
How does the writer use imagery in the phrase “on a sea tin-tacked with rain”
Use of visual/aura imagery, you can see and hear the rain on the sea
How does the writer use imagery in the phrase “room sized monster”
Metaphor of “monster” emphasises that shark is low down on the evolutionary scale.
How does the writer use imagery in the phrase “matchbox brain”
Suggests shark is a basic animal with a small brain - like a dinosaur and opposite to us.
How does the writer use imagery in the phrase “shook on a wrong branch of his family tree”
Metaphor, the reader is reminded that this shark too is part of our own family and is linked to us in the same way as any other ancestor
How does the writer use imagery in the phrase “slime”
the primeval slime from which we and all other living things were created, linking the evolution of humanity once more with the shark.
