Imagery and Figurative Language

5 examples of imagery
1. "Sending patterns of frosty air before him like the smoke of a cigar"
2."there was a good crystal frost in the air"
3."the cement was vanishing under flowers and grass
4."tomb-like houses"
5."during the day it was thunderous"

Figurative language

    1.   “The street was silent and empty with only his shadow moving like the shadow of a hawk in mid-country”

2 2.  “windless Arizona desert with no house in a thousand miles, and only dry river beds, the streets for company.”

3 3.   “Sudden grey phantoms seemed to manifest upon inner room wall where a curtain was still undrawn against the night.”

44.   “The moon was high and clear among the stars and the houses were grey and silent.”
55.  " There was a good crystal frost in the air: it cut the nose and made the lungs blaze like a christmas tree inside you."

Imagery helps you really image Leonard standing there alone in the street, and how he feels on the cold, frosty evening. Figurative language makes the sentences pop and really makes you believe what is happening. 

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