How Imagery Affect Literature. Krasny submitted to the office of graduate studies of texas a m university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy december 2004 major subject. It aids the reader s imagination to envision the characters and scenes in the literary piece clearly.
Imagery the descriptive words used to describe people places things and situations all create imagery in the mind of the reader. The tone of a text may be described as the additive collection of images. Implications for reading and responding to literature.
The tone of a text may be described as the additive collection of images.
Most writers will stop here a bit confused and ponder what is my character seeing. Literal imagery helps the reader picture where characters are understand what characters are doing and even foreshadow what might happen next. It was a dark and stormy night lends itself to dark and troubled tone. Another way to prompt the use of imagery is to take a short story usually fiction and to step into the character s world by drawing what the character sees.