Creating Mental Images

Creating mental images of the settings, characters, and events in the text is called __________. 

• Connect

• Visualize

• Clarify

• Evaluate

When using this Reading Strategy, you the reader are creating mental images of the settings, characters, and events in the text.

• Questioning

• Identifying

• Visualizing

• Evaluating

What does it mean to visualize as you read?

• Make a drawing

• See what's happening in your mind

• watch the movie version

• read aloud

Creating mental images of the settings, characters, and events in the text is called __________.

• Connecting

• Visualizing

• Clarifying

• Evaluating

Read the following passage: "The old house stood at the end of the street, its windows boarded up and its paint peeling. The garden was overgrown with weeds, and the gate creaked in the wind." What mental image does this passage create?

• Well-maintained house with a beautiful garden

• Modern house with sleek architecture

• Abandoned, neglected house

• Bustling, lively home

Answer explanation

The passage describes an abandoned, neglected house with boarded-up windows, peeling paint, overgrown garden, and creaking gate.

Tags

DOK Level 1: Recall

TEKS.ELA.7.5D

Read the following sentence: "The sun dipped below the horizon, painting the sky in hues of orange and pink." What mental image does this sentence create?

• A stormy sky with dark clouds

• A sunset with vibrant colors

• A clear blue sky at noon

• A night sky filled with stars

Answer explanation

The sentence describes the sun dipping below the horizon and painting the sky in hues of orange and pink, creating a mental image of a sunset with vibrant colors.

Tags

DOK Level 1: Recall

TEKS.ELA.7.5D

What helps you form mental pictures and uses the 5 senses?

• personification

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

Involves one or more of your five senses - the abilities to hear, taste, touch, smell, and see. An author uses a word or phrase to stimulate your memory of those senses and to help create mental pictures.

• Imagery

• tone

• mood

• allusion

When using this Reading Strategy, you the reader are __creating mental images of the settings, characters, and events in the text__.

• Questioning

• Identifying

• Visualizing

• Evaluating

Read the following passage: "The old house stood at the end of the street, its windows boarded up and its paint peeling. The garden was overgrown with weeds, and the gate creaked in the wind." What mental image does this passage create?

• Well-maintained house with a beautiful garden

• Modern house with sleek architecture

• Abandoned, neglected house

• Bustling, lively home