Imagery


 * Imagery**

Defintion: The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas. The use of expressive or evocative images in art, literature, or music. A group or body of related images, as in a painting or poem.

Examples:


 * "**he struck the table with his fist** and **shouted** at the young man" (kind of a weak image relating to sound, and kind of a nice visual image with the fist)
 * "trying to save his life by **greedily clutching** first at one spar and then at another." (greedily clutching appeals to touch)
 * "nothing could be heard outside but the **rustling** of the chilled trees" (sound)
 * "A **damp cutting wind** was **racing about the garden**, **howling** and giving the trees no rest." (sound, visual, and touch)
 * "**A candle was burning** dimly in the prisoner's room. He was sitting at the table. Nothing could be seen but **his back, the hair on his head, and his hands**. **Open books were lying on the table,** on the two easy-chairs, and on the carpet near the table." (visual)

Non-examples: 1. The boy ran to catch the ball but it sliped out of his reach. 2. There was a room in my house that my cat liked to go to. 3. Their was a old man who lived in dispair but noone ever asked him why. 4. The tragety of the fire was that only one person managed to live.

Usage: Imagery is seem in the Nick Adams Short Stories by Ernest Hemmingway to intrige the reader and make the story more intresting