ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Descriptive words that appeal to the senses
A
hyperbole
B
onomatopoeia
C
metaphor
D
imagery
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -cold (touch) sweet (taste) slimy (touch) fragrant (smell) plop (hear) loud (hear) bitter (taste) pungent (smell) More items

Detailed explanation-2: -For instance: gloomy, dazzling, bright, foggy, gigantic. Words related to touch describe textures. You can use them to describe feelings and abstract concepts, too: gritty, creepy, slimy, fluff, sticky.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sensory imagery is a literary device writers employ to engage a reader’s mind on multiple levels. Sensory imagery explores the five human senses: sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell.

Detailed explanation-4: -Visual Words (Sight) Visual imagery engages the sense of sight. Auditory Words (Sound) Auditory imagery is all about the way things sound. Olfactory Words (Smell) The sense of smell is engaged by olfactory imagery. Tactile Words (Touch) Gustatory Words (Taste) Kinesthetic Words (Kinesthesia)

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