Figurative Language: Imagery

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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Which of these is the best definition of imagery?

• anything that is literal

• giving a human trait to something non-human

• language that appeals to the reader's five senses

• descriptions that are not literally true

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The tiny red ant climbed up the broken limb.

What sense is the author trying to appeal too?

• Sight

• Sound

• Smell

• Taste

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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:

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

• sound
• sight
• smell
• touch

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"The sky was wide and very blue."

The imagery use in the sentence is?

• Smell

• Touch

• Taste

• Visual

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Sputtering, gurgling, clanking, thumping appeal to which sense?

• Smell

• Hear

• Touch

• Sight

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spicy, tangy, salty, sweet, sour, bitter 

• smell
• touch
• taste
• hear

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Which one of the five senses is used in this sentence? The wolf howled painfully over the loss of his mate.

• Sight
• Sound
• Touch 
• Taste

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The sweet almond flavor of the bakery's madeleine cakes still reminded Denise of her childhood

• taste

• touch

• smell

• sight

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