visual imagery

Question 1

imagery

Answer 1

a way of describing something symbolically in the imagination. often a phrase or a few words but can be longer. Visual and aural

Question 2

simile

Answer 2

comparison where something is like something else. the water gushed out the tap like a raging torrent

Question 3

metaphor

Answer 3

a comparison which isn’t literally true but creates a good image. it is raining cats and dogs

Question 4

personification

Answer 4

giving something that isn’t human human qualities. The moon played hide and seek with the clouds

Question 5

symbolism

Answer 5

using things as symbols to create a powerful image e.g. snake is temptation, dove is peace, white innocence, a bell is doom

Question 6

pathetic fallacy

Answer 6

tone mood and atmosphere created through descriptions of nature. The clouds crowded together suspiciously overhead as the sky darkened

Question 7

connotation

Answer 7

an association with a word beyond it’s dictionary definition e.g. discipline has connotations of punishment or repression

Question 8

semantic field

Answer 8

a set of words the relate to each other e.g. body parts, colours