WorksheetsImagery
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3hrs 44mins
What is/are the best primary objective(s) of the writer in using different types of imagery?
Encourage the reader to keep on reading
Allow the reader to "draw" or create an image, even without the stimulus of a written passage.
Evoke the reader's emotions.
Makes descriptions more dramatic for the reader.
The sweet almond flavor of the bakery's madeleine cakes still reminded Denise of her childhood. What sense created the image?
taste
touch
smell
sight
The scent of the elderly woman's lavender perfume trailed after her, staying with Dean as he made his purchase. What sense created the image?
touch
taste
smell
sight
The large planes flying overhead shrieked and rumbled, making so much noise that I could not think straight until they were gone. What sense created the image?
sound
smell
taste
touch
They stayed up late to watch the bright streaks of shooting stars crossing the sky. What sense created the image?
sight
smell
touch
taste
She loved listening to the vibrating, buzzing tones of sitar music. What sense created the image?
sound
sight
touch
taste
Picking up a forkful of the strange stuff, he tentatively tested it and found it delicious - savory and buttery. What sense created the image?
taste
smell
sight
sound
They have no clock but order their days by the chiming of the bells. What sense created the image?
sight
smell
sound
touch
When they entered the front door, the hallway reeked of bleach and disinfectant. What sense created the image?
smell
touch
taste
sight
He closed his eyes and let the refrigerator's gentle hum lull him to sleep. What sense created the image?
smell
sound
touch
taste
Hours after she'd played her oboe, the reed of the instrument left a peculiar woody tang on her tongue, like a faint musical memory. What sense created the image?
taste
sound
smell
touch
The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house
The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry sauce reminded him of his youth.
The eerie silence was shattered by her scream. The type of imagery used in the sentence is _________________.
tactile imagery
gustatory imagery,
auditory imagery
olfactory imagery
She was fragrant like a morning when papayas are in bloom. The type of imagery used in the sentence is _________________.
visual imagery
olfactory imagery
gustatory imagery
tactile imagery
"The Monkey Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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"
