Imagery Flashcards
is a descriptive language used to appeal to reader’s senses: touch, small taste, sound, and sight. This language makes the work interesting.
Imagery
appeals to your sense of sight.
Ex The crimson fruit glistening on the tree delights me.
Visual Imagery
appeals to your sense of hearing
Ex: The melodious chirping of birds awakens me every morning.
Auditory Imagery
This appeals to your sense of smell.
Ex. The sweet scent of sampaguita on her newly washed fabrics mode the ambience more calming.
Olfactory Imagery
appeals to your sense of taste.
Ex: The tweet and sour flavor of Chef Merly’s chicken satisfied our craving taste buds
Gustatory Imagery
appeals to your sense of touch.
Ex: The warmth of the sun that caresses her skin mode her feel a little more alive than ever
Tactile Imagery
The actual, dictionary meaning of a word; language that means what it appears to mean.
LITERAL
Language that goes beyond the normal meaning of the words used.
FIGURATIVE
5 types of imagery
Visual Imagery
Auditory Imagery
Olfactory Imagery
Gustatory Imagery
Tactile Imagery
20 Figures of Speech
ALLITERATION
ANAPHORA
ANTITHESIS
APOSTROPHE
ASSONANCE
CHIASMUS
EUPHENISM
HYPERBOLE
IRONY
LITOTES
METAPHOR
METONYMY
ONOMATOPOEIA
OXYMORON
PARADOX
PERSONIFICATION
PUN
SIMILE
SYNECDOCHE
UNDERSTATEMENT