Entry 45, How do Images Convey Mood?

  We all use sensory details in our writing to make them seem more vivid, so we can relate to the things the author is talking about and finally realize that it actually looks like that. It helps us paint a vivid image in our mind and helps us structure them better. Colors help the writer sketch a mood in the reader's mind as certain colors to us already displays a certain mood. Blue for example would be the color of sadness and gloominess and red would be the type of color that would stimulate your appetite. These are all the things that could effect a reader's mood as you use colors in your writing. Sounds, words like onomatopoeia which are words that sounds like the action, will help the reader understand the severity of the situation. Explosion words like bang, boom, can help the reader imagine the magnitude of the explosion, or the jealousy inside a women's heart as she sees another lady holding onto her man as they paraded down the street. Both these things are great when you are describing things in real life. So how do these affect mood in real life? Colors like purple in a room could make you want to kill yourself more as you live in the room, blue can make you more sad, red can stimulate your appetite. These are all the ways it effects my life as we talk about sensory details.