Imagery and Sensory Details

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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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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

• taste

• sound

• sight

• smell

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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

• sound

• sight

• smell

• touch

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

After eating the curry, his breath reeked of garlic.

• smell

• touch

• taste

• sound

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The tree bark was rough against her skin.

• touch

• taste

• sound

• sight

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which of the following lines from Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” contains imagery?

• The woods are lovely, dark and deep
•  But I have promises to keep
• And miles to go before I sleep
• All of the above

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The cinnamon-scented candle filled the room after being lit.

• taste

• sight

• smell

• sound

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4