03/15 Exit Slip: ELA.4. R.3.1 Figurative Language: Imagery

Why does an author or poet use imagery?

• To help the reader create a picture by comparing and contrasting how two objects are similar and different.

• To help the reader create a picture by describing what the story is mostly about.

• To provide a sensory experience that the reader can use to imagine the story and create a mental image.

• To provide details that describe how the character changes from the beginning to the end.

Read the following sentence:

"Max plopped onto the couch."

What sense is this sentence appealing to?

In other words, what sense is this sentence using?

• sight

• taste

• hear

• smell

• touch

Read the following sentence:

"The chimes tinkled cheerfully in the light breeze."

Now, complete the sentence: The author uses sensory language above to-

• highlight for the reader that it is a nice day outside.

• help the reader see how the light is hitting the chimes.

• emphasize to the reader that the chimes are happy.

Read the sentence: "The yellowing pages had smudged print. It made it difficult for Mike to read it." Which words illustrate the paper is old?

• yellowing, smudged

• yellowing, difficult

• pages, difficult

Temperatures, such as bitter cold, humidity, and heat are all words that appeal to the (a)   sense.

The following sentence appeals to what sense?

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

• taste

• sound

• sight

• smell