Imagery of sight
The Book ‘Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Promise’ commences with depicting the sense of sight to readers. As Biden and his family were approaching their temporary home, the light in the sky was falling away. Biden writes, “The days were getting shorter, so the light in the sky had started to fall away when the gate to our temporary home swung open, and our motorcade edged beyond the fencing that surrounded the United States Naval Observatory in Washington D.C."
Imagery of hearing
The sense of hearing is depicted when Biden describes the loud dinners that he attended with Jill during their dating days. He also describes the knock on the door by his sons requesting to join him on the family trip. Biden says, "We had been together just a few months earlier for our annual summer trip to one of the national parks. But five days of hiking, whitewater rafting, and, long, loud dinners in the Tetons and not been enough for the grownups." This description engages readers in the conversation, thus depicting the sense of hearing.
The imagery of the digital clock (sight)
Biden recalls very well the day he was going for a Thanksgiving trip with his family. He noticed the familiar digital clock counting hours, minutes, seconds, and micros seconds as they moved past it. Biden writes, "I glanced at the squat, standing digital clock at the top of the driveway, as I had maybe a thousand times since we had moved to the official residence."
The imagery of the official residence
Biden's description of his official residence paints a royal palace picture, and the reader can visualize what he is describing. Biden says, "The motorcade arced toward the southeast, down one side of the circle around the observatory, and we could see the lights of the official residence as they flashed through leafless trees."
