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This is when an author tells what the senses hear, see, smell, taste, or touch to recreate the scene for the reader.

• imagery
• irony
• metaphor
• simile

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What is imagery?

• An exaggeration
• A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
• The same beginning sound repeated
• Words or phrases that appeal to the 5 senses

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The giant tree was ablaze with red, orange, and gold leaves. This is an example of ...... 

• Personfication
• Imagery
• Metaphor
• Simile

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Which word from the poem would help you visualize or see the images in your mind?

• gray concrete
• press an ear against it's hive
• feel the walls for a light switch

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Identify the main literary device used here: The snow covered the ground like blanket of wool.  The chilly wind burned the tips of my nose and ears.  I tasted the icy snowflakes as they drifted down from the sky.

• Hyperbole
• Rhythm
• Imagery

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What is imagery?

• language that is not mean to be literally, but meant to add richness and color to literature
• the use of vivid descriptions on figures of the speech that appeal to sensory experiences
• use of hints and clues in a narrative to suggest a future action
• type of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics

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What are the two main effects of this passage?

“The girls scraped mud from their feet then climbed onto the trunk and walked cautiously to the end then swung down off the limb onto the slippery, muddy bank on the other side.”

• The description helps the reader picture the girls' activities as they finally cross the river.

• The description helps the reader taste the fresh piney air as the girls finally cross the river.

• The description helps the reader feel the scraping, the climbing and walking, and the mud on the other side.

• The description helps the reader smell the eucalyptus trees that like both sides of the river.

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When describing the setting of the story, an author uses vivid descriptions and adjective to help the reader picture the place in his mind. This is called -

• imagery

• connecting

• predicting

• figurative language

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When describing the setting of the story, an author uses vivid descriptions and adjective to help the reader picture the place in his mind. This is called -

• imagery

• connecting

• predicting

• figurative language

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A whiff of the coffee aroma filled our noses. This is a good example of what literary device?

• Irony

• Personification

• Imagery

• Metaphor

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