Imagery
"The wind shook some blossoms from the trees, and the heavy lilac blooms, with their clustering stars, moved to and fro in the languid air. A grasshopper began to chirrup by the wall, and like a blue thread a long thin dragonfly floated past on its brown gauze wings. Lord Henry felt as if he could hear Basil Hallward's heart beating, and wondered what was coming." - pg 9
This quote from chapter one is an imagery, or words or phrases that appeal to the reader's senses. Basil is about to confess "the secret of [his] own soul" and Wilde uses imagery to build suspense of what Basil is about to say to Lord Henry (Wilde 9). This imagery leads to the story of how Basil Hallward met Dorian Gray and it is what interests Lord Henry even more about this young lad named Dorian Gray. This imagery adds suspense and suspense keeps the reader on their toes and kept readers wondering what Basil is about to say.
Perfect quote for imagry, I used this quote too thought, but it seems like you did a better job.
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