Topic 1.4: Imagery & comparison Questions

Warm up first — telling metaphor from simile and reading their effect

Quick check to start — naming the sense an image appeals to and its effect

A quick starter — telling personification from pathetic fallacy and reading their effect

Ease in — telling a symbol from a motif and reading their meaning

Read the short text, then answer. (Exam-style practice.)

Work through it in small steps — reading sensory imagery in a short description

Take it step by step — reading metaphor and simile in a short description

One step at a time — reading personification and pathetic fallacy in a tense scene

Piece it together, step by step — reading a symbol and a motif in a short story

Build a full analysis of the text below, one step at a time. Guiding question: How does the writer use metaphor and simile to shape the reader's experience? Work through the parts — together they add up to a complete answer.

Build a full analysis of the text below, one step at a time. Guiding question: How does the writer use personification and pathetic fallacy to shape the reader's experience? Work through the parts — together they add up to a complete answer.

Build a full analysis of the text below, one step at a time. Guiding question: How does the writer use sensory imagery to shape the reader's experience? Work through the parts — together they add up to a complete answer.

Build a full analysis of the text below, one step at a time. Guiding question: How does the writer use symbolism and a motif to shape the reader's understanding? Work through the parts — together they add up to a complete answer.

Analyse how the writer uses imagery drawn from the senses to shape the reader's response to the place described.