Sensual Imagery
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Sensual Imagery Writers often use description in an attempt to allow their readers to imagine characters, moods and settings. One way of making these descriptions effective is by appealing to the readers' senses. Your readers should be able to see and feel and taste the world you are describing. Sight: A writer should aim at creating a kind of film of images running through a text, so that their readers can imagine themselves there. Sound: Details of sounds can be particularly effective in creating atmosphere. Smell: Our sense of smell is strongly linked to our memory. Smells can instantly conjure up a feel of a particular place or time. Touch: For readers to believe in the world you are creating, it is important that this world is physical, that it has textures. Alliteration is when two or more words in a line begin with the same letter or sound. Onomatopoeia is when the sound of...

