Exploring Imagery and Sensory Details

What is the primary purpose of using imagery in writing?

• To make the text longer

• To confuse the reader

• To create a mental image for the reader

• To use more complex words

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which sense is being appealed to in the sentence: 'She looks like she could be the cover model for a fashion magazine with her soft features and striking beauty'?

• Smell

• Sound

• Sight

• Touch

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

How can you make a description of sound more vivid?

• By using more adjectives

• By comparing it to a familiar experience, like a rock concert

• By making it longer

• By using technical terms

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a more vivid way to describe a bad taste?

• It was not good

• It was unpleasant

• It tasted like day old coffee and a dozen old ashtrays

• It tasted bad

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which sense is being appealed to in the sentence: 'His skin felt like sandpaper'?

• Sound

• Sight

• Taste

• Touch

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is a more detailed way to describe a pleasant smell?

• It smells like oranges and freshly baked bread

• It is fragrant

• It is nice

• It smells good

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Identify the sense used in the sentence: 'The warm grainy sand between her toes felt soothing as she relaxed on the vacant beach.'

• Sight

• Sound

• Touch

• Taste

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Identify the sense used in the sentence: 'Diego savored the salty crisp crunch of each Lay's potato chip.'

• Sight

• Sound

• Touch

• Taste

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Identify the sense used in the sentence: 'The diaper is as rancid and pungent as a dumpster that hasn't been emptied in months.'

• Sound

• Touch

• Smell

• Sight

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Identify the sense used in the sentence: 'The bright glow of the lightning illuminated the midnight sky.'

• Sound

• Taste

• Sight

• Touch

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5