Weather Imagery

Weather Imagery

Description of the donated silk fabric

A parent at the school where Lizzie's son studied donated some silk fabric. Lizzie describes it as, '... last week she donated a bag of silk fabric for the school raffle, it is red, stitched through with golden...' Lizzie achieved imagery in the description through the use of adjectives to describe the color of the fabric.

The Drug Dealer of 5C

The narrator regularly meets up with the drug dealer who lives at 5C. Lizzie, the narrator describes him as, 'He's big and sleepy eyed, but his reflexes are lightning quick.' The narrator has achieved imagery through the use of adjectives such as 'big' to describe the drug dealer.

Description of the sky

Lizzie describes the sky as follows, 'The sky is dull, a soft feathery gray, streaked here and there with clouds.' The description contains imagery because of adjectives such as 'gray' that have been used to describe the color of the sky.

The narrator's description of her surroundings

Lizzie went to visit a friend and as she drove back home, she described the environment as, '... everything was so green - you wouldn't believe how green it was and alongside the road there were flowers and vegetables...' This description contains imagery from the use of an adjective that describes the environment. The adjective used is green.

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