Sensory Imagery and Personification

What's an example of Smell?

• The sound of birds chirping filled my ears.

• The waterfall looked stunning.

• I could smell the apple pie miles away.

• I could feel the velvety pillows under my head.

What's an example of Vision?

• The sound of birds chirping filled my ears.

• The waterfall looked stunning.

• I could smell the apple pie miles away.

• I could feel the velvety pillows under my head.

What's an example of Touch?

• The sound of birds chirping filled my ears.

• The waterfall looked stunning.

• I could smell the apple pie miles away.

• I could feel the velvety pillows under my head.

What's an example of Hearing?

• The sound of birds chirping filled my ears.

• The taste of BBQ excited my taste buds.

• I could smell the apple pie from miles away.

• I could feel the velvety pillows under my head.

What's an example of Taste?

• The waterfall looked stunning.

• The taste of BBQ excited my taste buds.

• The sound of birds chirping filled my ears.

• I could feel the velvety pillows under my head.

What is Imagery?

• Putting images into your poem.

• Descriptions of people or objects stated in terms of sight.

• Descriptions of people or objects stated in terms of our five senses.

• Descriptions of people or objects stated in terms of sound.

Why is it important to use Imagery?

• So readers can see how stuff look with the Images you put in your poem.

• So readers understand the sounds in your poem.

• So readers understand the smells in your poem.

• It allows your reader to feel the sensations you describe in your writing.

What is Personification?

• To describe a person.

• To give non-human objects human qualities or traits.

• To give humans non-human qualities or traits.

• To introduce a human into your poem.

What is the importance of Personification?

• To make your poem more unique and to give it more flare.

• So you have people in your poem.

• So you describe people in your poem.

• So you can make humans, non-human.

Which is an example of Personification?

• He is nice.

• The pencil danced across the paper.

• This is Randy.

• The man is a statue.