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Analyzing Literary Techniques: How Imagery Enhances Theme in Literature

This guide explores how authors utilize literary techniques, particularly imagery, to convey themes effectively in literature. The structure includes an assertion regarding the author's intent, followed by evidence showcasing the use of literary devices. A thorough analysis ensures clarity on how these techniques reinforce the overarching message of the work. By examining specific examples, such as descriptive settings or character portrayals, readers gain insight into the multi-layered ways that imagery and related techniques contribute to thematic depth.

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Analyzing Literary Techniques: How Imagery Enhances Theme in Literature

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  1. AEAs on imagery General comments

  2. AEA template for prompts asking you to specifically discuss how a literary technique contributes to theme. • Assertion: In the work of literature, the author’s name uses literary technique to express/convey/display/further the theme.

  3. Evidence: Introduce/transition/ set up evidence. “This evidence needs to show how the theme is seen, and it needs to be an example of the literary technique.”

  4. Analysis: Here is where you need to discuss exactly how it is the type of literary technique you say it is. Don’t spend too much time of this, but make sure your reader understands how you are interpreting this piece of evidence as imagery/figurative language/allusion. Then, explain how the use of whatever shows the author’s message. Now, when you discuss a literary technique, other ones naturally can be discussed. DO NOT JUST NAME DROP a technique unless you can specifically and intelligently relate it easily to your theme/ assertion.

  5. Hints: When you discuss imagery, other techniques shine through. For example, take the following stanza from a poem: • There were some dirty plates/ and a glass of milk/ beside her on small table/ near the rank, disheveled bed”

  6. There were some dirty plates/ and a glass of milk/ beside her on small table/ near the rank, disheveled bed” • In the sentences, the author conveys the idea that the room is a disorganized, dirty mess. Using imagery, the author conveys a disgusting picture of the room: The diction describing the bed as “rank” creates olfactory imagery which is very unpleasant and almost offensive. Furthermore, the connotation of the word “disheveled” is one of a homeless, messy person.

  7. The key . . . • The first literary technique you discuss will / should naturally yield others • Also, you must relate the second technique to your thesis/assertion. If you cannot, DO NOT mention it

  8. Also, • Good writers have control of their writing. Do NOT write, “This is imagery because” or “In the story it said,”. You must write in a more sophisticated manner. • Set up quotes/evidence. Using a dependent clause, you can give the context of the quote.

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