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Imagery and Figurative Language

By Shannon Brennan

Meaningful Imagery and Figurative Language

• Meaningful Figurative Language/Imagery does at least one of the following:

  • Builds character

  • Builds plot

  • Displays emotions

  • Builds setting

Low Level Imagery/Figurative Language

• Creates a visual that does not help build the story or character

• Includes a shallow comparison that no one can really relate to

Multiple Choice

Which piece of figurative language is more meaningful?

• Rage coiled in her chest like a snake, patient but deadly.

• She was as mad as a bull in a rodeo.

Multiple Choice

Which piece of figurative language is more meaningful?

• Her anger was red, like a tomato.

• Her anger simmered just beneath the surface, like a pot left too long on the stove, ready to boil over.

• She was so angry, steam was coming out of her ears like a cartoon.

Multiple Choice

Which piece of figurative language is more meaningful?

• Her entrance was as quiet as a mouse that Christmas morning.

• She came in like a lion

• Her entrance stole the air from the room, like the moment before a secret is finally spoken aloud.

Multiple Choice

Which piece of figurative language is more meaningful?

• It was the kind of house that made you whisper when you passed by, as if it could hear you.

• The house was as big as an elelphant, towering over the others on the street.

• The houses size made it stand out from the others, like a red balloon.