Implicit vs Explicit Language Arts 9

EXPLICIT DETAIL  Explicit: precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication  Examples:  Your shirt is green  It’s snowing outside HOORAY!!! YA THINK???

IMPLICIT DETAIL  Implicit: implied or indicated but not actually expressed, although clearly contained in the nature of someone or something.  Examples:  A warm hug of fabric comforted her shoulders.  I squinted through the soft honey rays.  It felt as if rocks were pelleting my skin mercilessly.  I can smell Lakeside

SIMILARITIES & DIFFERENCES EXPLICITIMPLICIT “His eyes are blue.” “His eyes reflect the colour of the sky on a sunny day. “It was kind of windy out and the grass was green.” “The grass shook slightly in the mild breeze, a sighing carpet of green.”

GROUP WORK  Read the following examples of explicit imagery, and in groups of 3, rewrite them as implicit examples of imagery. Write your answers on the board.  Mrs. BHall’s loud voice is so annoying.  I get so hungry when I smell bacon.  Can’t you see that it’s beginning to storm outside? It’s raining!  I can’t tie my shoes because the laces are all knotted.  CLUE:  Think of it this way:  Most explicit imagery uses literal imagery;  Most implicit imagery uses figurative imagery and devices (similes, metaphors, irony, etc.)