Imagery#2

What is the best definition of imagery? 

• 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.
  
• An act of saying what will or might happen in the future.
•  A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as.
• Exaggeration

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This sentence appeals to which sense:

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

• taste
• sound
• sight
• smell

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This sentence appeals to which sense:

The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward.

• sound
• sight
• smell
• touch

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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.

• sight
• smell
• touch
• taste

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This sentence appeals to which sense:

After eating the curry, his breath reeked of garlic.

• smell
• touch
• taste
• sound

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This sentence appeals to which sense:

The tree bark was rough against her skin.

• touch
• taste
• sound
• sight

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Why do authors use imagery?

• It makes people laugh

• It visually describes things or uses figurative language to convey meaning

• It conveys the theme of a work

• They don't use it

The air seemed charged with a special calm...perhaps his nose detected a faint perfume, perhaps the skin on the backs of his hands, on his face, felt the temperature rise

What senses does the imagery above appeal to?

• Visual and touch

• Visual and taste

• Taste and touch

• Touch and smell

"Montag grinned the fierce grin of all men singed and driven back by flame. Later, going to sleep, he would feel the fiery smile still gripped by his face muscles, in the dark. It never went away, that smile, it never ever went away, as long as he remembered."

What might the imagery convey about Montag?

• He enjoys his job and doesn't know it's wrong

• He thinks burning books is funny

• He is disgusted by the task of burning books

• He is physically unable to frown

What is the correct example of imagery?

• ¨It was about dusk, one evening during the supreme madness of the carnival season,¨(paragraph 4)

• ¨'How?' said he¨(paragraph 6)

• ¨There were no attendants at home;¨(paragraph 24)

• ¨'Pass your hand'¨(paragraph 72)