Tell-tale Heart and Sensory Imagery

"One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture — a pale blue eye, with a film over it."

• Visual Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

• Tactile-Kinesthetic Imagery

"It was the low, dull, quick sound, much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton."

• Visual Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

• Tactile-Kinesthetic Imagery

The stale, suffocating odor of decay hung in the air, thick and oppressive, as if death itself had taken root in the room.

• Visual Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

• Tactile-Kinesthetic Imagery

"Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees — very gradually — I made up my mind to take the life of the old man."

• Visual Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

• Tactile-Kinesthetic Imagery

"And then when I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, that no light shone out, and then I thrust in my head."

• Visual Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

• Tactile-Kinesthetic Imagery

The metallic taste of fear clung to my tongue, sharp and unrelenting, like a bitter poison slowly consuming me

• Visual Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

• Tactile-Kinesthetic Imagery

"The eye was open, wide, wide open, and I grew furious as I gazed upon it."

• Visual Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

• Tactile-Kinesthetic Imagery

"Hearken! and observe how healthily — how calmly I tell you the whole story."

• Visual Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

• Tactile-Kinesthetic Imagery

"I moved it cautiously, so cautiously, that I might not disturb the old man's slumber."

• Visual Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

• Tactile-Kinesthetic Imagery

"I dragged the heavy bed over him, and I sat upon the very spot which had been his bed of death."

• Visual Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

• Tactile-Kinesthetic Imagery