Imagery MM.notebook
May 29, 2016
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Imagery
Vocabulary
Descriptive words that help you to imagine what something:
Visual Imagery­ looks like
Auditory Imagery­ sounds like
Olfactory Imagery­ smells like
Tactile Imagery­ feels like (to the touch)
Gustatory Imagery­ tastes like
Kinesthetic Imagery­ moves like
Imagery MM.notebook
May 29, 2016
Visual Imagery
Falling to the ground,
I watch a leaf settle down In a bed of brown.
What kinds of pictures do you imagine when you read this poem?
Visual Imagery
Brainstorm some adjectives to describe how something looks
Imagery MM.notebook
May 29, 2016
Auditory Imagery
The sounds in the evening
Go all through the house,
The click of the clock
And the squeak of a mouse.
Auditory Imagery
Brainstorm adjectives to describe how something sounds
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Olfactory Imagery
Peeling the orange, The sharp, citrus scent Tingled my senses.
Olfactory Imagery
Brainstorm adjectives to describe how something smells
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Tactile Imagery
The baby's tiny hand was soft compared to my coarse, weathered fingers
Tactile Imagery
Brainstorm adjectives to describe how something feels to the touch
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Gustatory Imagery
I licked my lips in delight,
My taste buds anticpated
The sweet, juicy taste
Of fresh picked strawberries.
Gustatory Imagery
Brainstorm adjectives to describe how something tastes
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Kinesthetic Imagery
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Kinesthetic Imagery
Brainstorm adjectives to describe how something moves
Imagery MM.notebook
Meeting at Night
By
Robert Browning
May 29, 2016
The grey sea and the long black land;
And the yellow half­moon large and low;
And the startled little waves that leap
In fiery ringlets from their sleep,
As I gain the cove with pushing prow,
And quench its speed in the slushy sand.
Then a mile of warm sea­scented beach;
Three fields to cross till a farm appears;
A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch
And blue spurt of a lighted match,
And a voice less loud, through its joys and fears,
Than the two hearts beating each to each!
Comprehension Questions
1. What is the setting?
2. Who do you think is the speaker of the poem?
3. In your own words, explain what is happening in the poem.
4. Find examples from the poem of the types of imagery we have discussed in class. (Hint­ there are no examples of gustatory imagery).
Visual
Auditory
Olfactory
Tactile
Kinesthetic