Imagery Quiz

What is the BEST definition for imagery?

• Writing that uses descriptive language to help the reader get into a story, poem, etc. and understand what is happening.

• When a passage is written using literal, not figurative language. No metaphors, symbolism, or simile.

• The use of personification, simile, and metaphor in a piece of writing.

• A person's five senses.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the purpose of imagery in writing?

• To engage the reader by changing points of view multiple times

• To make the writing more interesting and help readers understand what is being described

• To excite the reader by using different writing methods

• To show the difference between dynamic and static character types

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3D

How does imagery help us understand the story?

• It doesn't
• By expressing how the author is feeling
• Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see
• By telling the mood

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.3D

True or False:

The following sentence appeals to the sense of touch.

"The air felt chilly, yet refreshing, as the summer breeze blew gently across my face."

• True

• False

• It depends on the context

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3D

True or False:

The following sentence appeals to the sense of sight (what we see).

"The temperature was a blistering 90 degrees and the hot sun burned my sensitive skin instantly."

• True

• False

• It depends on the context

Tags

CCSS.W.6.3D

True or False:

A person's feelings and emotions are one of the 5 senses.

• True

• False

• It depends on the context

What kind of imagery is used in this passage:

"The sickly-sweet aroma of night-blooming jasmine was inescapable.."

• Taste

• Smell

• Sight (see)

• This passage does not use imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What kind of imagery is used in this passage:

"The sweet aroma of the freshly baked chocolate chip cookies wafted from the kitchen to the living room, causing Greg’s stomach to rumble."

• sight (see)

• taste

• smell

• feel (touch)

What kind of imagery is used here?

"Gregor's eyes turned next to the window, and the overcast sky - one could hear raindrops beating on the window gutter - made him quite melancholy."

• Sound and taste

• Sight and touch

• Taste and touch

• Sight and sound

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What kind of imagery is used here?

The stench of rotting garbage overpowered my nostrils when I opened the bin.

• Sight

• Smell

• Taste

• Sound

• Touch