Lesson 4 - Imagery

Mr. Thompson

Student pick #1

Student Pick #2

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the significance of imagery in poetry?

• It helps create vivid mental pictures for the reader.

• It makes the poem rhyme.

• It provides historical facts.

• It tells the reader what to think.

Multiple Choice

Why do you think poets use imagery in their writing?

• Poets use imagery to evoke emotions and create vivid mental pictures.
• Imagery serves to limit the reader's imagination and creativity.
• Poets avoid imagery to keep their writing simple and direct.
• Imagery is used to confuse readers and obscure meaning.

Multiple Choice

The definition of imagery is a mental picture applied to ___.

• poetry
• music
• art
• words

Multiple Choice

Which literary device is defined as 'a mental picture applied to words'?

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Simile

• Personification

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best describes the difference between figurative and literal language as shown in the images of the flag and the coffin?

• Figurative language is always humorous, while literal language is serious.
• Figurative language uses straightforward terms, while literal language is more complex.
• Figurative language describes physical objects, while literal language expresses emotions.
• Figurative language conveys deeper meanings through symbols, while literal language states facts directly.

Multiple Select

Select all that apply: Which of the following can be considered examples of imagery?

• Describing the taste of ice cream in detail

• Saying 'the flag waved proudly'

• Listing the ingredients of ice cream

• Describing the sound of a city at night

Open Ended

Explain how you would use imagery to describe a luscious ice cream cone.

Raise your hand it you "saw" your partners ice cream as though it were in front of you.


If you could see the ice cream, then you used a literary device called "imagery".

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of Imagery?

• Words that appeal to your senses; sight, taste, smell, touch, and sound, as well as internal emotion and feelings.

• A Person, Place or Thing

• A play on words.

• The repetition of vowel sounds.

Multiple Choice

I am round and very wise

you could say I'm in disguise

sometimes people ask if they should go

occasionally I tell them it's definitely so

I am black and shiny and round

I would break if hit on the ground

3-4-5-6-7-8

Old and young think I'm Great!

What am I?

• crystal ball
• black marble
• round puzzle piece
• magic 8 ball

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank: The poem 'NARCISSA by Gwendolyn Brooks' describes a girl who sits upon a ___ in her backyard.

• bench
• stool
• rock
• brick

Multiple Choice

The main objective of this lesson was to help students recognize a poet's use of ___ in their writing.

• imagery

• poetic themes
• figurative language
• narrative structure

Multiple Choice

Descriptive or figurative language in writing where the author uses words that appeal to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

• rhyme
• poem
• simile
• imagery