ImplicitvsExplicitLanguage Arts 9

EXPLICIT DETAIL

Explicit: precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication

Examples: Your shirt is green It’s snowing outside

HOORAY!!!

YA THINK???

IMPLICIT DETAIL

Implicit: implied or indicated but not actually expressed, although clearly contained in the nature of someone or something.

Examples: A warm hug of fabric comforted her shoulders. I squinted through the soft honey rays. It felt as if rocks were pelleting my skin

mercilessly. I can smell Lakeside

SIMILARITIES & DIFFERENCES

EXPLICIT IMPLICIT“His eyes are

blue.”“His eyes reflect the colour of the sky on a sunny

day.

“It was kind of windy out and the grass was green.”

“The grass shook slightly in the mild breeze, a sighing carpet of green.”

GROUP WORK Read the following examples of explicit imagery, and in

groups of 3, rewrite them as implicit examples of imagery. Write your answers on the board. Mrs. BHall’s loud voice is so annoying. I get so hungry when I smell bacon. Can’t you see that it’s beginning to storm outside? It’s

raining! I can’t tie my shoes because the laces are all knotted.

CLUE: Think of it this way:

Most explicit imagery uses literal imagery; Most implicit imagery uses figurative imagery

and devices (similes, metaphors, irony, etc.)