Imagery and Symbolism

The use of an image or an object to stand for something else 

• Imagery
• Symbolism
• Theme
• Denotation

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

The writer describes a person intently watching a bird fly overhead. What is the bird symbolizing?

• freedom

• knowledge

• the chosen one

• birth

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The writer describes darkness in the setting with the main character. What is the a problem that the character may be facing?

• night

• calm

• death

• freedom

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

A character is wearing a purple sash. Why is his sash purple?

• to represent that he is single

• to represent that he is married

• to represent that he is royalty

• to represent that he is male

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the best definition of imagery? 

• Imagery is the author’s use of language that appeals to the five senses in order to help the reader imagine what is being described.
  
• An act of saying what will or might happen in the future.
•  A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as.
• Exaggeration

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What imagery does Tennyson use in this excerpt from the poem?

• imagery of sight and touch

• imagery of smell, taste, and touch

• imagery of taste and touch

• imagery of sight, touch, and sound

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Based on the images, what sort of place is Camelot?

• cheerful 
• a city
• gloomy 
• crowded

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

True or False:

A person's feelings and emotions are one of the 5 senses.

• True

• False

• It depends on the context

What kind of imagery is used in this passage:

"The sickly-sweet aroma of night-blooming jasmine was inescapable.."

• Taste

• Smell

• Sight (see)

• This passage does not use imagery

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What kind of imagery is used here?

"Gregor's eyes turned next to the window, and the overcast sky - one could hear raindrops beating on the window gutter - made him quite melancholy."

• Sound and taste

• Sight and touch

• Taste and touch

• Sight and sound

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4