Examples Of Imagery Diction. To sum up then. Imagery needs the aid of figures of speech like simile metaphor personification and onomatopoeia in order to appeal to the bodily senses.
The old man took the handful of dust and sifted it through his fingers. I look around and lo. Harry potter and the sorcerer s stone j k.
When a writer attempts to describe something so that it appeals to our sense of smell sight taste touch or hearing.
The diction and imagery used to describe this gorey setting create a vivid and realistic experience for the reader as yan spares no graphic detail in the murder of uncle arhat. In shakespeare s romeo and juliet romeo describes his first sight of juliet with rich visual. Examples of diction in literature. Imagery needs the aid of figures of speech like simile metaphor personification and onomatopoeia in order to appeal to the bodily senses.