The objective of this exercise is to give you the opportunity to write your own body paragraph that discusses more visual imagery from “Measuring”. You can refer to the Hamburger Metaphor and previous activities for help.

Find another example of visual imagery in the story. It will be helpful to pick your quotation from the text first, as you will be using it to build your argument. Copy it from the text and paste it into section 3 as your quotation. (The sentence must be correctly copied from the text and be enclosed in quotation marks.)

In section 1, write a topic sentence that mentions the technique you are analyzing. (The sentence must include the words “visual imagery.”)

In section 2, write an explanation of the situation to help introduce and integrate your quotation. (The sentence should explain: Who is this about? What is happening? How is it happening? Where and when is it happening?)  

In section 3, make sure you have included your quotation, correctly copied from the text and enclosed in quotation marks.

In section 4, explain how your quotation illustrates the point your paragraph is making. (The sentence must explain: Why is this example important?)

In the last section, write a summary sentence that connects the example/technique to the thesis statement: Example of thesis statement: “In the story “Measuring” by Kim Muncey, the mother’s slow death is made more realistic through the use of powerful visual, auditory, and olfactory imagery.” How does the technique of visual imagery make the mother’s death more realistic? (The sentence must include the word “realistic.”)

Print out your body paragraph and have a teacher from your Preparation for College English course look at it. Good luck!

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