1. Literary Devices
Elements of Imagery

2. Directions
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For your Cornell Notes:
Topic: Literary Devices: Elements of Imagery
EQ: How are elements of imagery used in poetry and other types of writing?
Make sure you write the definition and at least 1 example for each literary device in your notes.

3. What are elements of imagery?
Writers and poets use elements of imagery to help the reader better relate, understand, and picture a thought or offer a new perspective.
May be used to emphasize a point

4. Simile
Simile: Comparison of two unlike things using like, as, than, or resembles
Example: “She had a voice like an unoiled gate, but somehow not unpleasant.” -A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle
Her hands were like ice.

5. Metaphor
Metaphor:
Comparison of two unlike things NOT using words like, as, than, or resembles
A direct statement
May use “is”
Example: “Amanda took the torn page from Maniac. To her, it was the broken wing of a bird, a pet out in the rain.” -Maniac Magee, Jerry Spinelli
Example: His hear is made of stone.

6. Personification Personification:
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman/nonliving things
Example: “The house quivered with every gust of wind.” -There will Come Soft Rains, Ray Bradbury
Example: A falling leaf danced on the breeze.

7. Hyperbole
 Hyperbole:
An extreme exaggeration or overstatement used for effect.
These are not literally true, but people use them to sound impressive or to emphasize something.
Example: It was so cold, I thought my nose would fall off.

8. Symbol/Symbolism Symbols:
In literature are people, places, or events that have meaning in themselves but also stand for something beyond themselves.
Example: In the Hunger Games, Katniss’ mockingjay pin becomes a symbol of defiance (and later of rebellion).
Examples in real life: a dove with an olive branch symbolizes peace; a skill and crossbones symbolizes poison

9. Sensory Details Sensory Details:
A specific descriptive detail that appeals to one or more of the 5 senses

10. Imagery Imagery (Made up of sensory details):
The use of sensory details to create a descriptive image in the reader’s mind
Paints a “picture” with sensory details
Example: “I remember the summers with lightening bugs and honeysuckle smells; the cold winters when the field would all be brown and would crackle under my feet.” -The Cay, Theodore Taylor

11. What about theme? (note: NOT an element of imagery)
Literary devices and the elements of poetry help the poet establish the theme.
Just as in fiction, the theme of a poem is the author’s message about life.