Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Imagery - Paragraph

1. I chose this passage because it was one of the first that had prominent examples of imagery in it. I noticed two main types of imagery, visual and kinesthetic and also one example of auditory imagery.  

2. The type of imagery that is most prevalent in this passage is visual. The author uses this type of imagery to show Jack’s perspective of the playground.

3. I think the best example of imagery in this passage is “they’re metal with rough orange bits called rust”. In this quote, Jack is using two types of imagery to describe the monkey bars. The first type he uses is visual, by the use of the words metal, rough and orange we can paint a picture of what they look like. Jack also uses kinesthetic imagery in this quote. The reader can feel the rusty metal bars by the way the author decided to write this passage.

4. The imagery in this passage is generally negative. The author is writing about Jacks first experience at a playground and shed tries to show how he is apprehensive and worried. She uses words like cold, scratchy, rough and frozen to show how Jack is feeling at this time. For the most part, all of these words have a negative connotation with them and the author uses them to express Jacks thoughts and feelings at this time.

5. Through this passage the reader can see that Jack is feeling uncomfortable. It’s his first experience trying new things and going to a playground when all he wants to do is go “home”. After having the same routine day after day for 5 years in a row, he is very uncomfortable seeing and trying new things, which is shown in this passage.

6. I think the purpose of this piece of imagery is to highlight on the fact that Jack is uncomfortable. As with most people, trying new things can be hard, but with this passage and others, we see that Jack would rather just go back to Room and never leave. 

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