Imagery

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Imagery

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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.

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This sentence appeals to which sense:

The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry sauce reminded him of his youth.

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taste

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This sentence appeals to which sense:

The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward.
Options: sound, sight, smell, touch

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sound

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This sentence appeals to which sense:

The sunset was the most gorgeous they’d ever seen; the clouds were edged with pink and gold.
Options: sight, smell, touch, taste

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sight

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This sentence appeals to which sense:

After eating the curry, his breath reeked of garlic.
Options: smell, touch, taste, sound

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smell

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This sentence appeals to which sense:

The tree bark was rough against her skin.
Options: touch, taste, sound, sight

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touch

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This sentence appeals to which sense:
The dog's fur was as soft as a feather.
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touch

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This excerpt appeals to which sense:

Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue..
Options: sight, smell, touch, taste

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sight

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This excerpt appeals to which sense:

She went back to eating earth. The first time she did it almost out of curiosity, sure that the bad taste would be the best cure for the temptation.
Options: taste, sight, sound, smell

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taste

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Which line from Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” contains imagery?

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The woods are lovely, dark and deep