Sensory details

What is the definition of imagery in literature?

• The use of offensive and derogatory language to provoke the reader.

• The use of vivid and descriptive language to create mental images in the reader's mind.

• The use of repetitive and monotonous language to bore the reader.

• The use of abstract and ambiguous language to confuse the reader.

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

Which is an example of imagery?

• I feel hot, I hear the waves, my toes touch the sand.
• I love the stars like a woman loves her child
• I enjoy reading 

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How does imagery help us understand the poetry?

• It doesn't

• Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel through words

• By telling the mood

• By expressing how the author is feeling

Which one of these sentences uses the sense of touch?

• The fruit tasted sweet.

• We heard a dog barking next door.

• The sharp thorn pricked her finger resulting in a drop of blood.

• The smell of pepper stings brought tears to his eyes.

I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do

• Visual (sight) Imagery

• Olfactory (smell) Imagery

• Kinesthetic (touch) Imagery

• Auditory (sound) Imagery

• Gustatory (taste) Imagery

What is an example a sensory detail used to help the reader imagine what the characters can hear?

• Including taste and touch sensations

• Pa turned on his big flashlight and caught the owl.

• The moon shining on the snow.

• Somewhere behind us, a train whistle blew.

Which of the following sets of words deal mostly with the sense of SOUND?

• quiet, jangling, barking
• moist, glassy, metallic
• salty, sweet, tangy
• earthy, fruity, minty

This excerpt appeals to which sense:

She went back to eating earth. The first time she did it almost out of curiosity, sure that the bad taste would be the best cure for the temptation.

• taste
• sight
• sound
• smell

"The fragrance of the flowers filled the air."
What sense created the image?

• touch
• smell
• sight
• taste