Guided imagery can also be used as a prereading experience.
It can help set the mood and time of a story. It can help elicit
empathy and understanding for the characters involved in the
story, which can lead to better student analysis of character and
plot development (such as understanding how Harry Potter felt when
he was rejected by his guardians, the Dursleys, in the Harry
Potter series,Rowling, 1999). By sharing in the characters'
situation and mind-set students can learn to formulate an empathic
understanding of characters and situation in any story through the
use of guided imagery. Students can also learn to understand
elements of story through guided imagery by getting in touch with
their own imagination and creativity in development of plot,