Imagery, Setting, Figurative Language

What is imagery?

A type of figurative language that compares two things using the words "like" or "as"

What technique is it? "The paper danced in the wind."

"An icy wind teetered trash cans and turned my cheeks to marble." What senses does the author use here?

What technique is it? "He was as tall as a mountain."

What technique is it? "He threw the ball with a whiz."

What techniques (2) are used in this sentence? "The sun had become a light yellow yolk and was walking with red legs across the sky."

A type of figurative language that imitates sound

A type of figurative language that compares two things that are not alike

What technique is it? "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."

What is the purpose of imagery?

What is the use of words not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning to create a special effect?

The time and place of a story

What technique is it? "The snow is a white blanket."

A type of technique that uses exaggeration

Authors often use this to better describe the setting