WorksheetsImagery and Inferring in Poetry
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which word is an example of sensory language that appeals to a person’s sense of touch?
stifled
salty
soft
shiny
Which of the following is an example of sensory language that appeals to a person’s sense of sight?
moist
creaking
quiet
colorful
Which of the following is an example of sensory language that appeals to a person’s sense of smell?
minty
lacy
hairy
fluffy
What sense does "Watching rain falling
In drips and drops and showers," appeal to?
seeing
smelling
touching
hearing
What sense do the words chattering, quacking, and screeching appeal to?
smell
sound
touch
taste
The spring day’s breeze and the swirl of pink petals from the cherry tree tickled my nose and invited a sneeze.
Which phrase from the sentence appeals to the reader’s sense of touch?
swirl of pink petals
The spring day’s breeze
tickled my nose
from the cherry tree
Imagery is created through all of the following except
Metaphors
Sensory Questions
Questions
Similes
Imagery is most useful to
Reference other literary works that will help the reader understand the meaning of the text
Tell the reader important details about the past or future of what will happen in a story
Create a vivid image in the mind of the reader that helps him or her understand what is happening
Wandered Lonely as a Cloud":
A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze
What is the best explanation of why the quotation is imagery
This is imagery because it helps the reader infer the color of the daffodils in the breeze.
This is imagery because it creates an image of how the daffodils are moving in the breeze.
The term imagery refers to...
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle).
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
An author mainly uses imagery to
Confuse the reader.
Create pictures in the readers' minds about the text.
Create additional meaning by referencing seemingly unrelated objects.
The Sandcastle
We’re going to the beach,to the playground near the sea. To the sandbox near the fountain, beneath the big palm tree.
The perfect site for best-friend fun, the spot for you and me.
Here, we’ll build a mighty castle on the playground near the sea.
5 Let’s fill a bucket with water and pour it on the land.
To make the sand muddy and damp, to work with it by hand.
Now pile the sand up in the center—as much as your fingers can.
To start a mighty castle on the playground made of sand. Then make the sand like towers; form walls that stretch up high.
10 Add more water now and then; don’t let that sand get dry!
Our work is good but not quite done; care to give another try?
This mighty sandy castle has yet to reach the sky!
Yes, the sun has gotten lower; our shadows have grown gray.
And the sand is getting dry again—much too dry for play.
15 So let’s skip on home to dinner, looking back once more to say,
“We built a mighty castle on the playground on this day.”
These lines emphasize that the speaker most likely feels —
surprised by the height of the sandcastle
pleased to have spent the day working on a sandcastle
worried that the sandcastle is not finished
