IMAGERY

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IMAGERY

• Specific Details and Objects
• Sensory Details
• Strong Verbs
• Figurative Language

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SENSORY DETAILSAPPEAL TO ALL THE SENSES

• SOUND
• TOUCH
• SMELL
• TASTE
• SIGHT

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VERBSIMAGERY

• REPLACE THESE VERBS WITH STRONGER CHOICES
• Have
• Come
• Leave
• Get

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REVISE VERBS

• Have/has
• My sister has too many pairs of shoes.
• My sister floods her closet floor with
• My sister chooses from a shoe rack
  overflowing with shoes
• My sister empties her credit card for an
  excessive amount of shoes every month

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REVISE VERBS

• My aunt came through the door, her arms full of
  packages.
• My aunt waltzed into the house, her arms full of
  packages.
• My aunt stumbled through the door, her arms full
  of packages.
• My aunt marched into the house, her arms full of
  packages.

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

• METAPHOR
• SIMILIE
• PERSONIFICATION

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The alley was full of old junk and unpleasant
things.
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• In the alley behind the building is a car, a
  mouse, a group of trash cans, and a cat. It
  smells bad.

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• In the alley behind the bar sits an old Plymouth,
  its tires flat. A mouse runs among the line of
  trash cans. A cat makes a noise. A car starts.
  Smells from the bar fill the alley.

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In the alley behind the Elbow Bar squats a rusty
Plymouth, its tires flattened to puddles. As a
streak of gray disappears among the sloppy
platoon of trash cans, a cat screeches.
Somewhere a car coughs into gear. The odors of
mildew, pizza, and stale beer float from the back
door of the bar.
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