Exploring Imagery in Poetry

Imagery in poetry appeal into the following senses.

• Sight

• Hearing

• Touch

• All of the above

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

It is the imagery use 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

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

She was fragrant like a morning when papayas are in bloom.The type of imagery used in the sentence is _________________.

• visual imagery

• olfactory imagery

• gustatory imagery

• tactile imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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

• visual imagery

• olfactory imagery

• gustatory imagery

• tactile imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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

• tactile imagery

• gustatory imagery,

• auditory imagery

• olfactory imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is the best primary objective of the writer in using 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 poem.

• none of the above

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9