Name
Date
The Devil and Tom Walker
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Reading Skill
Analyze Imagery
Imagery is the use of words and phrases that appeal to the five senses: sight, hearing, smell,
taste, and touch. Writers use imagery to develop characters and to establish mood in a story.
Directions: In the chart, record images that develop the story’s characters and mood. One
example has been done for you.
Imagery
Characterization
Mood
house with a look of starvation
Tom and his wife are miserly.
depressing
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The Devil and Tom Walker
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Unit 2
American Literature
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