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Imagery in Poetry

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The sky was wide and very blue. The imagery used in the sentence is _____________.

a)

visual imagery

b)

olfactory imagery

c)

gustatory imagery

d)

tactile imagery

2.

The eerie silence was shattered by her scream. The underlined word is _____________.

a)

tactile imagery

b)

auditory imagery

c)

gustatory imagery,

d)

olfactory imagery

3.

I endured the pungent taste of unripe bananas

a)

Visual

b)

Olfactory

c)

Auditory

d)

Gustatory

4.

Mouth-watering ripe mangoes sit on the table ready to be devoured.

a)

Visual imagery

b)

Olfactory imagery

c)

Auditory imagery

d)

Gustatory imagery

5.

His corned working hands were brought out by years of hard work and toil

a)

Tactile

b)

Olfactory

c)

Auditory

d)

Gustatory

6.

When the heat of the rolling wind can be turned away.

a)

Visual imagery

b)

Olfactory imagery

c)

Tactile imagery

d)

Gustatory imagery

e)

Auditory imagery

7.

Match the following

a)

Visual Imagery

1.

Appeals to the reader's sense of sight.

b)

Auditory Imagery

2.

Appeals to the reader's sense of hearing.

c)

Olfactory Imagery

3.

Appeals to the reader's sense of smell.

d)

Tactile Imagery

4.

Appeals to the reader's sense of touch.

e)

Gustatory Imagery

5.

Appeals to the reader's sense of taste.

8.

_________highly descriptive and vivid writing that appeals to the reader's senses

a)

theme

b)

imagery

c)

setting

d)

poetry

9.

Entering the cafeteria, the pungent smell of boiled hot dogs, lima beans and sweaty students was so thick it was almost tangible.

This sentence is an example of what type of imagery?_________ _________

a)

gustatory imagery

b)

auditory imagery

c)

olfactory imagery

d)

tacitile imagery

10.

Throngs of noisy students bustled through the crowded halls, their laughter and light-heartedness drowned out the announcements playing over the PA system.

This is an example of what type of imagery?

a)

tactile

b)

olfactory

c)

auditory

d)

gustatory

11.

Every morning before school begins, dozens of yellow buses line the street like a line of giant yellow ants marching to the school.

This is an example of what type of imagery?

a)

tactile

b)

auditory

c)

gustatory

d)

visual

12.

Following gym class, I was grateful for my turn at the drinking fountain and for the cool, metallic-tasting water.

This is an example of what type of imagery?

a)

visual

b)

auditory

c)

gustatory

d)

olfactory

13.

The rain dripped slowly down my sopping wet hair and my clothes stuck to me like clue as I stood outside the entrance of the school waiting for my mom to pick me up.

This is an example of what type of imagery?

a)

tactile

b)

auditory

c)

visual

d)

olfactoy