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GCSE English Practice Test: Imagery - The Use Of Sensory Representations In A Text — Flashcards

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Imagery refers to the collection of images contained in a text. Imagery is not purely visual; instead it includes all sensory representations. If a writer makes you smell freshly-baked bread, see the new blade of grass, feel the agony of thirst or the warmth of a radiator on a cold day, then you have been affected by imagery. 

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'Gregor's eyes turned next to the window, and the overcast sky - one could hear raindrops beating on the window gutter - made him quite melancholy.'
What sensory imagery does Franz Kafka use in this passage from his short story, 'The Metamorphosis'?
Sight and sound
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