Elements of a Short Story

This type deals with full-body sensations such as those experienced during exercise.

• Visual Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Tactile Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Kinesthetic Imagery

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.3D

This type uses the five basic tastes as well as textures and sensations tied to eating.

• Kinesthetic Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Visual Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

This type exploits literary devices like onomatopoeia and alliteration in building sounds.

• Auditory Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Tactile Imagery

• Visual Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Type of sensory imagery that includes color, size, shape, lightness and darkness, shadows and shade. It mainly uses the sense of sight.

• Visual Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Tactile Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Kinesthetic Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

This type uses simile to describe the smell of things.

• Visual Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Tactile Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

This type includes textures and sensations human beings experiences when touching something.

• Visual Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Tactile Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Kinesthetic Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

The night was black as ever, but bright stars lit up the sky in beautiful and varied constellations which were sprinkled across the astronomical landscape.

• Visual Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Tactile Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.3D

Silence was broken by the peal of piano keys as Shannon began practicing her concerto.

• Visual Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Tactile Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Kinesthetic Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

After the long run, he collapsed in the grass with tired and burning muscles. The grass tickled his skin and sweat cooled on his brow.

• Tactile Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Visual Imagery

• Auditory Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.3D

She smelled the scent of sweet hibiscus wafting through the air, its tropical smell a reminder that she was on vacation in a beautiful place.

• Tactile Imagery

• Kinesthetic Imagery

• Olfactory Imagery

• Gustatory Imagery

• Visual Imagery

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.3D