AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE

IMAGERY

• Imagery is an author's use of descriptive language
• Imagery is used to add depth to the authors work
• It helps to deepen the readers understand of the work

IMAGERY EXAMPLE

• It was attached to a stout cross-timber above his head and the slack fell to the level of his knees
• ^ Quote from An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge ^

IMAGERY HELPS TO.........?

• Deepen the understanding of the text
• Deepen the understanding of which library to find the book at
• Make sure the reader is confused
• Deepen the understand of who the author is

IN MEDIAS RES

• Starts the story in the middle of the narrative

IN MEDIAS RES EXAMPLE

• The story starts with the protagonist already in the process of being hanged.
• The background story is told in a flashback
• The story opens up in the "midst of things"
• ^ This example is from An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge ^

WHAT IS IN MEDIAS RES?

• Starting the text from the end of the narrative without an intro
• Starting the text from the beginning of the narrative without an intro
• Starting the text from the middle of the narrative