Imagery: The Poet's Two Toolboxes

What is the main purpose of imagery in poetry?

• To create a vivid scene for the reader

• To make the poem longer

• To explain feelings directly

• To confuse the reader

Which of the following is NOT a type of figurative language?

• Tone

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

What is the purpose of using sensory language/details.

• To describe the abstract

• To describe the tangible

• To compare emotions

• To compare experiences

Which of the five senses do these words appeal to?

• smell

• sight

• touch

• taste

Which of the 5 senses do these words appeal to?

• sound

• sight

• touch

• smell

The narrator states that the poet's abstract metaphor is made more powerful by first using ___.

• a humorous tone

• allusions to other poems

• similes

• concrete sensory language

In the poem 'Rain' by Claribel Alegria, what makes the abstract idea of ghosts feel real?

• The use of bright colors

• The absence of sound

• The presence of concrete details

• The length of the poem

The narrator states that the use of sound makes the abstract idea come to life.

• True

• False

Why is using concrete sensory language effective?

• Concrete details make the abstract more believable.

• Concrete details make the abstract less believable.

Describe an object (in the room that you are in right now) with at least THREE concrete sensory details.