National 5 RUAE Workshop IMAGERY QUESTIONS We are
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National 5 RUAE Workshop IMAGERY QUESTIONS
We are learning… • TO BE ABLE TO ANALYSE AND EVALUATE IMAGERY • TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER IMAGERY QUESTIONS EFFECTIVELY AND ACCURATELY
What does “imagery” refer to?
Remember! Imagery refers to: Simile. Metaphor. Personification.
For imagery questions, you must be able to work out the relevant connotations of the words that have been used
Denotation and connotations Denotation= the dictionary definition of a word Connotation= the ideas and meanings associated with a word
WORD DENOTATION Underweigh Thin t Skinny Thin Slim Thin CONNOTATION Unhealthy, ill, in need of hospital treatment, malnourished Bony, gaunt, angular Attractive, elegant, healthy
Important! Imagery questions are usually worth 2 marks. Every time you answer a question about imagery, you must use the same 5 steps
1. Write down the example of the simile/metaphor/personification and state what type of imagery it is 2. Think carefully about what the author is describing and what he/she is comparing it to 3. Note down the relevant connotations 4. Explain the image using Just as… So too… using your connotations 5. Explain why the image is effective
Let’s look at an example The car travelled along the motorway like a rocket
Step 1 Write down the example of the simile/metaphor/personification and state which type of imagery it is “like a rocket” is a simile
Step 2 Think carefully about what the author is describing and what he/she is comparing it to The author is comparing the car to a rocket
Step 3 Note down the relevant connotations Loud, fast, powerful, speed, unstoppable
Step 4 Explain the image using Just as… So too… using your connotations Just as a rocket is fast and unstoppable, so too was the car speedy, powerful and loud as it travelled along the motorway
Step 5 Explain why the image is effective This is effective as we can imagine how quickly the car was moving on the road and how it would have been difficult to stop
Put it all together… 1. “like a rocket” is a simile 2. The author is comparing the car to a rocket 3. Loud, fast, powerful, speed, unstoppable 4. Just as a rocket is fast and unstoppable, so too was the car speedy, powerful and loud as it travelled along the motorway 5. This is effective as we can imagine how quickly the car was moving on the road and how it would have been difficult to stop
Let’s do some practice…
My brother’s flat is a complete tip.
1. “a complete tip” is a metaphor 2. The author is comparing his brother’s flat to a rubbish tip 3. Dirty, smelly, messy, junk everywhere, untidy 4. Just as a rubbish tip is messy with junk everywhere, so too is his brother’s flat dirty, smelly and untidy 5. This is effective because it tells us that his brother’s flat was not looked after and it was a very unpleasant place to visit
Explain how effectively the author uses imagery to illustrate the strained relationships within this family (2) His father, Kit, ruled the family- “his kingdom”, says Culkin- by humiliation and physical abuse, eventually leaving the household. His mother filed a custody suit for him, which began a bitter public battle with Kit, and then Culkin had his parents legally blocked from controlling his fortune.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. “battle” is a metaphor. The author is comparing the family relationship to a battle. War, fighting, conflict, dispute, aggression… Just as a battle involves war and fighting, so too was Culkin’s family full of conflict and dispute. This is effective as it emphasises that they were constantly arguing and that there was a lot of anger and aggression between them.
Evaluate the effectiveness of the imagery in the following paragraph (2) As my grandfather grew older, and particularly after my grandmother passed away, he became more and more dependent on alcohol, and it gradually became an overcoat to him.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. “overcoat” is a metaphor. The author is comparing alcohol to an overcoat. Warmth, security, comfort, protection… Just as an overcoat offers security and warmth, so too did the man use alcohol for protection and comfort. This is effective as it conveys how the man became dependent on alcohol in order to cope with the loss of his wife.
Explain how the author uses imagery to convey the impressive nature of Dynamo’s magic (2) Dynamo bends his little finger as if it were claythe same trick he once showed a horrified Prince Charles. He takes the pack of cards on the table in front of us and shuffles them with hands as fast as dragonflies, and makes one of the cards disappear in his hand, and then reappear.
“dragonflies” is a simile The author is comparing Dynamo’s hands to dragonflies Quick, rapid, speedy, graceful, precise, agile, flexible… Just as a dragonfly is rapid and agile as it flies through the air, so too were Dynamo’s hands precise, quick and flexible as he shuffled the cards. This is effective because it emphasises how gracefully Dynamo carried out his tricks at such amazing speed.
Evaluate how effectively the writer uses imagery to emphasise threat to the paper book by ebooks (2) The book, the physical paper book, is being circled by a shoal of sharks, with sales down 9% this year alone. It’s being chewed by the e-book. It’s being gored by the death of the bookshop and the library.
“shoal of sharks” is a metaphor. The author is comparing the e-book to a shark. Menacing, lethal, deadly, ruthless, aggressive… Just as a shark is menacing and lethal, so too is the e-book having a deadly and ruthless impact on the sales of paper books. This is effective as it conveys how damaging and serious the threat posed by e-books is to the very existence of the paper book as it is killing them off.
“chewed” is personification. The author is comparing the impact of e-books to a shark eating its prey. Death, consumed, destroy, danger, threat… Just as a shark kills and eradicates its prey when it chews it, the e-book is completely destroying and ruining the existence of the paper book. This is effective as it emphasises the great threat posed by e-books as it suggests the imminent danger they pose to the future of the paper book.
Explain how the author uses imagery to convey the number of books he possesses (2) I have recently moved house, which for me meant boxing and heaving several Everests of books which I had accumulated obsessively since I was a kid.
“Everests” The author is comparing the pile of books to Everest. Just as Everest is mountainous and insurmountable so too was the pile of books vast, colossal and towering. This is effective as it emphasises the size and scale of the pile of books and how it occupied a large space in his flat.
“everests” is a metaphor. The author is comparing the pile of books to Mount Everest. Just as mount everest is massive and insurmountable, so too was the pile of books impressive and difficult to avoid.
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