IMAGERY 101

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF IMAGERY?

• Imagery is a literary device that refers to the use of figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader.

• The principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture.

• The faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses.

• A body of written works.

Imagery in poetry appeal into the following senses.

• SIGHT

• TASTE

• SMELL

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

Which of this is an example of Gustatory Imagery?

• Teeny tiny ant

• Booming music

• Sweet like Caramel

• Soft fluffy hair

Which type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

"The girl could smell the fresh lavender as she glided through the beautiful garden of delicate flowers."

• Symbolism

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

"Together, they sat at the expansive shoreline. The shimmering sun was sinking into the sea and, as it disappeared, he went down on one knee and popped out the red ring case.”

The type of imagery used in the sentence is:

• Olfactory Imagery

• Visual Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Tactile Imagery

The language that uses words or expressions to describe something by comparing it to something else. The reader needs to think about the hidden meaning.

Which type of Imagery is this?

• Figurative Imagery

• Literal Imagery

"The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house"

What type of imagery is this?

• Tactile Imagery

• Visual Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

This imagery addresses our sense of smell.The author describes the object using the sense of smell.

• Olfactory Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Tactile Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

Why is imagery important? Choose the BEST answer. 

• It is there for fun

• Makes the poem longer

• Makes the poem sounds better

• Imagery allows the reader to clearly see, touch, taste, smell, and hear what is happening

Vivid description of things seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted

• Theme

• Imagery

• Language

• Plot