that I should be a sugar plum fairy in a pink tutu with red rouge-smears on my cheeks.
This is another example of imagery. in this instance it uses the examples sugar plum, fairy in a pink tutu. red rouge-smears. These make the reader imagine what a fairy in a pink tutu would look like.
I ever will despite his shiny pants and flat black slippers a
Here there is more imagery with the clothing whihc is a pari of shiny pants, and flat black slippers. The reader can iamgine what this would look like.
Then, the sugar plum fairies appear, through an ornamental pattern of piqué turns, until they are stopped in their tracks by Edgars, puffed with pride in his Mouse King costume.
In this sentence it uses imagery showing the sugar plum fairies, ornamental pattern of pique turns, and where it says Mouse king costume. These make you picture what it would look like
and Edgars Kleppers is a silly, stupid ballerino in shiny warm-up pants and purple sweatbands—
This uses some imagery is imagining what she would look like. Some clues they gave where shiny warm up pants and purple sweatbands. this makes the reader think what a purple sweatband looks like
This is 1986, and I am seven in Seattle, and Miss Erika is French from Canada with a black leotard and a tight bun twisted like a seashell. Miss Erika is French, and Edgars Kleppers is the only boy in ballet class, but I am still required to play Fritz, the only boy in the Nutcracker ballet.
In this part of the article there is lot of imagery used. From using words like Nutcracker ballet black leopard and twisted like a seashell. These terms show imagery and make the reader imagine it in their head.