This document discusses imagery in literature and defines various types of figurative language that authors use to create imagery. It defines imagery as the use of objects not literally present to create comparisons and evoke mental images for the reader. Some examples of imagery using an hourglass are provided. The document then defines and provides examples of several types of figurative language used for imagery, including metaphor, hyperbole, paradox, simile, onomatopoeia, and personification. It concludes by listing some references on imagery and figurative language.

1. Universidad Central de Venezuela
Facultad de Humanidades Y Educación
Escuela de Idiomas Modernos
Imagery
Integrantes:
Duplat, Roberto
Hernández ,Jesús
Caracas, Venezuela

2. Imagery is when an
author uses an object that is
not really there, in order to
create a comparison between
one that is, usually evoking a
more meaningful visual
experience for the reader. The
elements in a literary work
used to evoke mental
images, not only of the visual
sense, but also of sensation
(touch, taste, smell, sound, ori
entation) and emotion.

3. Examples:
“An Hourglass”
“A marvelous crafted
hourglass”
Even when we’re talking
about the same object the
mental image of the
hourglass changes.

4. In order to catch reader’s attention the
author uses figurative language such as:
 Metaphor
 Hyperbole
 Paradox
 Simile
 Onomatopoeia
 Personification

5. Metaphor
A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is
applied to something to which it is not literally
applicable in order to suggest a resemblance.
Example: She was such a mule we couldn’t get
her to change her mind

6. Hyperbole
A figure of speech which uses an extravagant or
exaggerated statement to express strong feelings.
Example: I called you ten thousand times!

7. Paradox
A statement or proposition which is self-
contradictory, unreasonable, or illogical.
Example: This statement is a lie.

8. Simile
A figure of speech in which one thing is
explicitly compared to another, as in “she is
like a rose.”
Example: Suzie is as quiet as a mouse
and as tall as a giraffe

9. Onomatopoeia
The formation of a word, as cuckoo or
boom, by imitation of a sound made by or
associated with its referent.
Example: “Bark! Bark!” went the dog as he
chased the car that vroomed past.

10. Personification
The attribution of a personal nature or
character to inanimate objects or abstract
notions, especially as a rhetorical figure.
Example: The sun opened its sleepy eyes
and smiled down on the Earth as a new day
began.

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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Literal_and_figurative_lan
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om/browse/imagery