Imagery in The Outsiders
Imagery is ______that appeals to the ______and ______a picture in the mind of the ______.
Like diction, imagery also helps create ______which is the overall ______of the passage. Imagery can be categorized as ______, ______, ______, ______, or ______images.
Read the passage on pp. 91 – 93. Watch for language that appeals to the senses, and record that information in the chart below. After you have completed the chart, begin working on the writing prompt that follows.
In this passage from ______, ______uses imagery to
(title of the work) (author’s name)
create a mood of ______. In this scene ______
(emotion) (brief explanation of what occurs in the scene)
______.
Images such as ______, ______,
(example of imagery from the chart) (example of imagery from the chart)
and ______work to establish a feeling of
(example of imagery from the chart)
______. The imagery affects the reader in this way because
(emotion)
it is connected to a life or death situation. “Cut myself to death” is a touch image connected to pain and blood. The reader considers the possibility that the character could bleed to death. “Drown in smoke” is a taste image that is associated with suffocation and danger. Again, the reader feels that Pony’s life is in jeopardy with reinforces the mood of danger and desperation. “Slammed a big rock through a window” is touch imagery related to desperation and intensity. It underscores the fact that the situation is so extreme that an act of desperation is their only way into the church.
Read the passage on pp. 143-145. Watch for language that appeals to the senses, and record that information in the chart below. After you have completed the chart, begin working on the writing prompt that follows.
In this passage from ______, ______uses imagery to
(title of the work) (author’s name)
create a mood of ______. In this scene ______
(emotion) (brief explanation of what occurs in the scene)
______.
Images such as ______, ______,
(example of imagery from the chart) (example of imagery from the chart)
and ______work to establish a feeling of
(example of imagery from the chart)
______. The imagery affects the reader in this way because
(emotion)
______
______.