imagery
What is imagery?
Words that help us to make an image in our mind while reading
what senses are in this sentence:
"The keys jingled with his every step"
sound
What is repetition?
using the same word or phrase more than once in your writing to emphasize an idea or make it more memorable
What is a hyperbole
an impossible exaggeration
"the wind sang through my hair like my Momma used to do when I was a child" is an example of what?
personification, simile
What do we need to make imagery?
5 senses: touch, taste, see, smell, hear
What senses are in this sentence:
"the scent of fresh tortilla came through my window making my stomach growl"
smell, sound
What is personification?
giving something non-human a human quality or characteristic
what is an idiom?
A figure of speech!
"The tamed tiger felt tired after his training" is an example of what?
alliteration
Who creates imagery?
the writer! (the author)
What senses are in this sentence:
"the trees danced in the soft sugar cane breeze"
touch, smell
What is alliteration?
when a word starts with the same letter or sound as others
"cat got your tongue" is an example of what?
idiom
"And her tears fell, fell, fell into the hands that had forgotten how to catch them" is an example of what?
repetition
What senses are in this sentence:
"I tried on the sun, it felt warm and good - like I knew it would"
touch/ feel
what senses are in this sentence:
"Coffee beans shrieked in the grinder that released their sweet aroma"
sound, smell
What is a simile
a comparison using "like" or "as"
"the rock broke through the window like an angry fist" is an example of what?
personification, simile
"The whole world watched as she dove fearlessly into her fate" is an example of what?
hyperbole, alliteration
Does imagery use literal or figurative language?
Figurative
What senses are in this sentence:
"the ocean, a mass of never ending blue, threw the smell of salt against my skin - sticking to my tongue while its waves roared against the shore"
all 5!
what is a metaphor?
A comparison that does not use "like" or "as" but says that something IS something
"she was the sunshine to my dark sky" is an example of what?
metaphor
"he crossed this sea of sand in a desperate search for water" is an example of what?
metaphor