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Imagery

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3hrs 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is/are the best primary objective(s) of the writer in using different types of imagery?

a)

Encourage the reader to keep on reading

b)

Allow the reader to "draw" or create an image, even without the stimulus of a written passage.

c)

Evoke the reader's emotions.

d)

Makes descriptions more dramatic for the reader.

2.
Which of these is the best definition of imagery?
a)
anything that is literal
b)
giving a human trait to something non-human
c)
language that appeals to the reader's five senses
d)
 descriptions that are not literally true
3.
Which on of the five senses is used in this sentence? The warm juicy burger was like heaven on my tongue.
a)
Taste
b)
Touch
c)
Sight
d)
Sound
4.

The sweet almond flavor of the bakery's madeleine cakes still reminded Denise of her childhood. What sense created the image?

a)

taste

b)

touch

c)

smell

d)

sight

5.

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?

a)

touch

b)

taste

c)

smell

d)

sight

6.

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?

a)

sound

b)

smell

c)

taste

d)

touch

7.

They stayed up late to watch the bright streaks of shooting stars crossing the sky. What sense created the image?

a)

sight

b)

smell

c)

touch

d)

taste

8.

She loved listening to the vibrating, buzzing tones of sitar music. What sense created the image?

a)

sound

b)

sight

c)

touch

d)

taste

9.

Picking up a forkful of the strange stuff, he tentatively tested it and found it delicious - savory and buttery. What sense created the image?

a)

taste

b)

smell

c)

sight

d)

sound

10.

They have no clock but order their days by the chiming of the bells. What sense created the image?

a)

sight

b)

smell

c)

sound

d)

touch

11.

When they entered the front door, the hallway reeked of bleach and disinfectant. What sense created the image?

a)

smell

b)

touch

c)

taste

d)

sight

12.

He closed his eyes and let the refrigerator's gentle hum lull him to sleep. What sense created the image?

a)

smell

b)

sound

c)

touch

d)

taste

13.

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?

a)

taste

b)

sound

c)

smell

d)

touch

14.
What type of imagery is this?
The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house
a)
Sight
b)
Sound
c)
Touch 
d)
Taste
15.
The tiny red ant climbed up the broken limb.  Which sense is being described?
a)
Sight
b)
Sound
c)
Smell
d)
Hear
16.
This sentence appeals to which sense:

The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry sauce reminded him of his youth.
a)
taste
b)
sound
c)
sight
d)
smell
17.
Which one of the five senses is used in this sentence? The wolf howled painfully over the loss of his mate.
a)
Sight
b)
Sound
c)
Touch 
d)
Taste
18.

The eerie silence was shattered by her scream. The type of imagery used in the sentence is _________________.

a)

tactile imagery

b)

gustatory imagery,

c)

auditory imagery

d)

olfactory imagery

19.

She was fragrant like a morning when papayas are in bloom. The type of imagery used in the sentence is _________________.

a)

visual imagery

b)

olfactory imagery

c)

gustatory imagery

d)

tactile imagery

20.

"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.

a)

"he took the box of matches"

b)

"the darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage..."

c)

"he stood motionless"

d)

"at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible"