2 Imagery and Language Free Online FlashCards

What is imagery?

Imagery is language that evokes sensory experience, including sight, sound, smell, taste, or touch.

Why use specific sensory details?

A specific sensory detail gives readers concrete evidence, helping them imagine a scene and infer its atmosphere.

Is imagery only visual?

Imagery is not limited to visual description; it can evoke sound, smell, taste, and touch as well as sight.

How should writers choose sensory details?

Choose details that serve the place, mood, action, or meaning; unrelated details can distract readers.

What makes a comparison a simile?

A simile compares things using “like” or “as.”

What is a metaphor?

A metaphor makes a direct comparison between things.

What is personification?

Personification gives human qualities to something nonhuman.

What makes a figurative comparison effective?

A comparison works best when it clarifies or enriches its subject and fits the surrounding tone.

What does diction mean?

Diction is a writer’s choice of words.

How can a precise verb sharpen an action?

A precise verb can communicate an action’s pace and attitude more clearly than a general phrase such as “moved quickly.”

What are a word’s connotations?

Connotations are the associations and emotional shades a word carries beyond its basic definition.

How can imagery work in fiction?

In fiction, sensory details can make a setting tangible and reflect what a particular character notices.