Understanding Ellipsis and Using Imagery in Writing
Ellipsis is a punctuation mark indicating omitted words. It can create tension in writing by showing pauses or trailing thoughts. Imagery uses sensory language, personification, similes, and metaphors to paint vivid pictures for readers. Learn how to use these techniques effectively to convey emotions associated with memories.
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Big Question: What is ellipsis? How can we use imagery to help convey feelings associated with a memory?
Date: Date: What is ellipsis? How can we use imagery to help convey feelings associated with a memory? Do it now Recap questions: Recap questions: 1. What is a dash? 2. Who wrote Cider with Rosie ? 3. What feelings were conveyed within the memory? 4. What is the difference between the present and the past tense? 5. What is an appositive?
What is ellipsis? What is ellipsis? The term ellipsiscomes from the Greek word meaning mission and that s just what an ellipsis does it shows that something has been left out. For example: Hamlet asked whether it was nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune of to take arms against a sea of troubles. Do it now In the sentence above, words have been omitted and ellipsis has been used to recognize this. However, ellipsis can also be used to show a pause in speech or that a sentence trails off. For example: Andrew, can you, um never mind, I forgot what I was saying. So, do you think we should ? Ellipsis is particularly good when trying to create tension in writing.
What is ellipsis? What is ellipsis? Look at the following sentences. For each sentence, explain what the purpose of the ellipsis is. Let s do the first one together. That s the stuff, cried Dr Snow cheerfully. Here he comes now! One, two, three, and then a final giant push, all right? One Eleanor breathed in. Two She gasped. Three! Well, he s your responsibility too, snapped Eleanor. Don t think I m taking care of this this Either you become normal or or She thought about it, wondering how she could finish the sentence. Miss Ethel and Miss Marjorie met him when he was only eight or nine years old. They found him creating what is the word? Drawings and paintings on the side of a building? I m curious said Charles, taking the boy aside and sitting down next to him on a bench. I know what your parents did to you, and yet you still want to go home. The purpose of the ellipsis in this example is Do it now The purpose of the ellipsis in this example is The purpose of the ellipsis in this example is The purpose of the ellipsis in this example is The purpose of the ellipsis in this example is
Imagery Imagery Imagery is when we use words to paint pictures for the reader. In particular, we are going to look at four techniques used by Laurie Lee to paint pictures for the reader: sensory language, personification, simile and metaphor. Revising prior knowledge The sun was like a ball of fire The sun was a golden globe in the sky The sun stretched its golden arms and climbed high above the mountain. The shimmering sun radiated in the stillness of the day, it s warmth enveloping me. Which of the following examples uses sensory language? Which uses personification? Which uses a simile? Which uses metaphor?
Imagery Imagery Revising prior knowledge Sensory language Words and phrases that appeal to our senses. We have five senses: sight, touch (feel), taste, smell and sound. PersonificationWhere an inanimate object is given human qualities. Simile A comparison between two unrelated objects using the words like or as . Metaphor A comparison between two unrelated objects, stating that something is something else.
Imagery Imagery Can you find where Laurie Lee has crafted beautiful examples of imagery in his writing? You are looking for examples of sensory language, personification, simile or metaphor. Pen to paper I was set down from the carrier s cart at the age of three; and there with a sense of bewilderment and terror my life in the village began. The June grass, amongst which I stood, was taller than I was, and I wept. I had never been so close to grass before. It towered above me and all around me, each blade tattooed with tiger-skins of sunlight. It was knife-edged, dark and a wicked green, thick as a forest and alive with grasshoppers that chirped and chattered and leapt through the air like monkeys. I was lost and didn t know where to move. A tropic heat oozed up from the ground, rank with sharp odours of roots and nettles. Snow-clouds of elder-blossom banked in the sky, showering upon me the fumes and flakes of their sweet and giddy suffocation. High overhead ran frenzied larks, screaming, as though the sky were tearing apart. For the first time in my life I was out of the sight of humans. For the first time in my life I was alone in a world whose behaviour I could neither predict nor fathom: a world of birds that squealed, of plants that stank, of insects that sprang about without warning. I was lost and I did not expect to be found again. I put back my head and howled, and the sun hit me smartly on the face, like a bully.
Imagery Imagery Now let s have a think about our earliest memory and the sensory language you could use to help you convey the emotions of that memory. Pen to paper / Reflection Sensory language Personification My earliest memory Simile Metaphor
