Imagery

 2. ‘I tasted fear’  3. ‘melon was still warm form the day’s sun… juice.. sweet and siezing’  ||   Synaesthesia- mixture of sensory images. Short simple sentence  ||  The narrator compares the sweet feeling of defying someone to the taste of watermelon in their mouth. Graphic descriptions add authenticity to the story Contrasts with the sweetness of defying authority. Realizes the enormity of his impulsive behavior Sweet taste of victory. Reveling in his daring deed. Tastes sweeter because of the effort and courage it took to steal the watermelon ||  Sound of success   || ‘ragged silken sound’  || Auditory imagery  || Silken makes it sound musical- music to the boys’ ears. They have got away with their audacious theft ||  ‘stumbled and thrashed   || Kinaesthetic imagery  || Shows the boys; clumsiness and fear of getting caught  ||
 * Sensory Imagery: (page 313-315) **
 * Point ||  Evidence  ||  Technique  ||  Explanation  ||
 * The author uses the gustatory imagery to describe the narrator’s emotions ||  1. I could taste the sweet red juices oozing over my tongue, feel the delicate threaded redness of the heart...’
 * The author describes the visual setting in detail to induce fear. ||  ‘At last the melon loomed before up before me, deep green in the moonlight.’  ||  Visual imagery to build suspense.  ||  Eerie words are used to create a sense of fear in the reader. This also builds the suspense to the climax. Hyperbole to show the magnitude of the daring deed   ||
 * The author describes his accomplishment in reaching the watermelon ||  ‘I lay there, my nostrils breathing up the smell of the earth and the musty smell of watermelon vines.’  ||  Use of Olfactory imagery.  ||  The author builds up the action by describing his shock and victory of reaching the watermelon. He uses olfactory imagery to make the reader understand the reader’s emotions.  ||