Imagery Questions Use the just as, so too formula every time you answer an imagery question. If you begin your answers this way there is a much greater chance you will be given the marks.

3 step formula for answering imagery questions Quote image. “______” Say what is compared to what using Just as____so too _____. Say what the image therefore shows This therefore shows…

EXAMPLE ONE The lake was like a mirror.

Quote image. “The lake was like a mirror” Say what is compared to what: Just as a mirror is flat, silver and reflective, so too was the water in the lake shining and still. Say what the image therefore shows: This therefore shows that in the lake a perfect reflection of the surrounding scenery could be seen.

EXAMPLE TWO What is Burns telling us about pleasure from the imagery in these lines? But pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white – then melts forever.

FIRST IMAGE Quote image. “pleasures are like poppies ” Say what is compared to what: Just as poppies do not last long but wilt and wither very quickly, so too is pleasure very short lived. Say what the image therefore shows: This therefore shows that pleasure does not last.

What is Burns telling us about pleasure from the imagery in these lines? But pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white – then melts forever.

Practise: He fumed and charged like an angry bull. Quote image. “______” Say what is compared to what using Just as____so too _____. Say what the image therefore shows This therefore shows…

Practise: He felt like the flowers were waving him a hello. Quote image. “______” Say what is compared to what using Just as____so too _____. Say what the image therefore shows This therefore shows…

SECOND IMAGE Quote image. “pleasures are like poppies ” Say what is compared to what: Just as snow falling in a river melts away almost immediately, so to is pleasure is a very temporary thing. Say what the image therefore shows: This therefore shows that pleasure does not last.

IMAGERY EXAMPLES - SIMILES He collapsed like an old tree falling down in a storm. The F-16 plane swooped down like an eagle after its prey. She was like a breath of fresh air infusing life back into him. Though I was on the sheer face of a mountain, the feeling of swinging through the air was euphoric, almost like flying without wings. Her blue eyes were as bright as the sun, blue as the sky, but soft as silk. The music coursed through us, shaking our bodies as if it came from within us.

IMAGERY EXAMPLES - METAPHORS The eerie silence was shattered by her scream. He could hear his world crashing down when he heard the news about her. Her face blossomed when she caught a glance of him. The word spread like leaves in a storm. The giant tree was ablaze with the orange, red, and yellow leaves that were beginning to make their decent to the ground.

IMAGERY EXAMPLES - PERSONIFICATION The lake was left shivering by the touch of morning wind. He could never escape from the iron grip of desire. He could hear the footsteps of doom nearing. The pot was as red as a tongue after eating a cherry flavored ring pop.