Imagery
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This document discusses different techniques used in writing to convey meaning and imagery, including denotation (direct dictionary definitions), connotation (implied meanings and emotional associations), description (using adjectives to help readers visualize scenes and characters), and onomatopoeia (words that imitate sounds). It provides examples to illustrate each technique's use in stimulating mental pictures and engaging readers through imagery.
Imagery
- 1. Imagery
- 2. When words are used in speech and writing their most obvious purpose is to point at something an idea or property. This is the words meaning. Words stimulate in the reader different meanings and associations depending on how they are used alone, or in combination with others. They create mental pictures and allow the readers to participate on a variety of experiences.
- 3. Denotation The direct explicit meaning as defined in the dictionary. The denotative meaning the objective meeting that does not go beyond the requirements of exact definition. Example: A dog is a four-legged animal coated by fur. A home is where someone lives.
- 4. Cannotation The meaning of a word arouses particular emotional attitudes from the header. - It suggest meanings beyond its standard scientific or dictionary definition. - The special emotional feelings vary according to the individual. Example: When a man is called a dog, it could mean that he is rough. And once again, the autumn leaves were falling.
- 5. Description a technique that tells about people, things or action through use of adjectives. - This help the reader to picture the event, scene or character. Example: Thick, overgrown brushes and climbing plants now cover what was once a splendid castle whose magnificent structure use to tower over everything else.
- 6. Onomatopoeia is a technique that uses words to initiate sounds. Writers use onomatopoeia to give a double emphasis to their work. - A reader gets the meaning from the word and receives additional meaning from the sound of that word. - Ideas are also better remembered through this technique. Example: Bang, growl, screech, ring, swish, rumble, pop, Wham, ka-blam.