Literary Terms/ "The Flowers"

When a writer uses very descriptive language, sometimes figurative language (like similes, metaphors, and personification) to appeal to all of your senses. When imagery is written well, the reader can see, hear, taste, touch, and feel the text.

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

An emotional effect that the text creates for the audience 

The time and place of the story

the use of rich, colorful, precise language that creates a picture in the reader’s mind 

 When  an image, object, idea or symbol is used to represent something other than its literal meaning

A feeling or idea that a word has, in addition to its literal or main meaning

The dictionary definition of a word