Imagery and the Five Senses

Do we use our 5 senses in imagery: smell, taste, touch, sight, hearing?

• Yes

• No

• I don't know

• maybe

This sentence appeals to which sense:

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

• taste

• sound

• sight

• smell

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

• touch

• smell

• sight

• taste

This sentence appeals to which sense:

After eating the curry, his breath reeked of garlic.

• smell

• touch

• taste

• sound

This sentence appeals to which sense:

The tree bark was rough against her skin.

• touch

• taste

• sound

• sight

Neither spoke, but lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage, he took the box of matches, and striking one, went downstairs for a candle.

At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another; and at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door.

The matches fell from his hand. He stood motionless, his breath suspended.......

Choose the phrase from the passage that appeals to your sense of sound.

• "he took the box of matches"

• "the darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage..."

• "he stood motionless"

• "at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible"

Identify the imagery type used in the following sentence.

She smelled the scent of sweet hibiscus wafting through the air, its tropical smell a reminder that she was on vacation in a beautiful place.

• Hearing

• Touch

• Visual

• Smell

• Taste

The form of imagery employed in the following sentence?

As the chili touched my tongue, I thought a fire had been lit in my mouth.

• Taste

• Smell

• Sound

• Touch

• Visual

Which on of the five senses is used in this sentence? The warm juicy burger was like heaven on my tongue.

• Taste

• Touch

• Sight

• Sound

spicy, tangy, salty, sweet, sour, bitter 

• smell

• touch

• taste

• hear