Mental Imagery in Reading

Imagery in memoirs appeal to the following senses.

• Sight

• Hearing

• Touch

• All of the above

It is the imagery used to address our sense of vision. In that way, the reader can visualize what is happening in the story in her or his own mind.

• visual imagery

• olfactory imagery

• gustatory imagery

• auditory imagery

This imagery addresses our sense of hearing. To create a complete mental picture in the minds of the reader about the incident in the story, the writer incorporates a description of the sounds too.

• visual imagery

• olfactory imagery

• auditory imagery

• tactile imagery

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

• olfactory imagery

• gustatory imagery

• auditory imagery,

• visual image

This type of imagery is use address to our taste buds. This way the writer is capable of making us taste the food he or she is describing in the story.

• visual imagery

• olfactory imagery

• gustatory imagery

• auditory imagery

This type of imagery addresses our sense of touch or that which we can feel with our skin.

• visual imagery

• olfactory imagery

• gustatory imagery

• tactile imagery

She smelled like a crisp morning when the roses are in bloom. The type of imagery used in the sentence is _________________.

• visual imagery

• olfactory imagery

• gustatory imagery

• tactile imagery

The sky was wide and very blue. The imagery used in the sentence is _____________.

• visual imagery

• olfactory imagery

• gustatory imagery

• tactile imagery

The eerie silence was shattered by her scream. The underlined word is _____________.

• tactile imagery

• gustatory imagery,

• auditory imagery

• olfactory imagery

What is the best way to describe why a writer uses different types of imagery?

• Encourage the reader to keep on reading

• Encourage the reader to start writing

• Help the reader experience the emotional connection with the memoir.

• none of the above