Imagery & the senses
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What is imagery?
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Language that appeals to the senses to make a scene vivid.
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Which senses can imagery use?
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Sight, sound, touch, smell and taste.
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How do you spot a sound image?
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Words that make you hear it — ‘the gate shrieked’.
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How do you spot a touch image?
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Words for how something feels — ‘the cold coin bit her palm’.
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What is a colour image?
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A sight image using colour — ‘the sky bruised purple’.
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Why do writers use imagery?
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To put the reader inside a scene and make them feel it, not just read it.
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How do you analyse imagery?
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Name the sense + quote the image + say what it makes you feel.
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Why hit several senses at once?
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It makes a scene feel overwhelming and real — worth analysing.
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‘The air tasted of rust’ — which sense?
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Taste (with a hint of smell) — a body sense image.
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Commonest imagery mistake?
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Saying ‘vivid imagery’ without naming the sense or the feeling.
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