Highlight examples of imagery. And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me – filled me with fantast
ic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating "'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door– Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door; This it is and nothing more." —"The Raven," Edgar Allan Poe Which words and phrases are images that appeal to the senses? Check all that apply. A. “the silken sad uncertain rustling”
B. “purple curtain”
C. “fantastic terrors”
D. “to still the beating of my heart”
E. “nothing more”
In the field of literature, imagery is identified as descriptive language which is used to create a mental illustration through the use of words or phrases, evoking any of the five senses and trigger emotional responses. In this case, the narrator is transmitting a whole experience through the use of color and sound related to curtains.
