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GCSE English Literature · key term
Language that combines different senses, such as describing sunlight as something that can be tasted.
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Paper 2
Imagery that combines different senses, such as describing light as something that can be tasted.
Revise: The ÉmigréeAgainst this possibility, she insists, “but I can’t get it off my tongue. It tastes of sunlight.” This synaesthesia combines taste with light.
An image that combines different senses, such as describing something seen through the language of smell.
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Paper 2
Language that combines different senses, such as describing a sound through a colour.
Revise: My Father Would Not Show UsThat recollection gives way to present sensation: “everything he hears is white.” (line 24). This is synaesthesia, combining hearing with colour. “White” may suggest blankness, overwhelming indistinct noise or an emptied world.
Component 1
Language that combines different senses, such as describing the sound of music through the taste-related word “delicious”.
Revise: I Shall Return“Dear” expresses affection, while “delicious” transfers the pleasure of taste to sound. This synaesthesia suggests that music nourishes the speaker emotionally.
