Imagery
refers to the use of figurative language to create pictures, or “images” in the reader’s mind. It
appeals to
the five senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste.
What appeals to the five senses?
Imagery
: A word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses: sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell; figurative language. The use of images serves to intensify the impact of the work.
Which of the five senses do the images appeal to?
Imagery usually appeals to one or more of the five senses—
sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch
—to help the reader imagine exactly what is being described.
What sense does the poet mainly appeal to?
In this form of poetic imagery, the poet appeals to the
reader’s sense of taste
by describing something the speaker or narrator of the poem tastes.
What are the five senses draw on imagery?
Imagery draws on the five senses, namely the details of
taste, touch, sight, smell, and sound
. Imagery can also pertain to details about movement or a sense of a body in motion (kinesthetic imagery) or the emotions or sensations of a person, such as fear or hunger (organic imagery or subjective imagery).
What are two imagery examples?
- The autumn leaves are a blanket on the ground.
- Her lips tasted as sweet as sugar.
- His words felt like a dagger in my heart.
- My head is pounding like a drum.
- The kitten’s fur is milky.
- The siren turned into a whisper as it ended.
Which sense does the imagery in this line appeal to 10 points?
Which sense does the imagery in this line appeal to 10 points and the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling? The sense that is being appealed in this line is
sound
.
What words appeal to your senses?
Imagery
: A word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses: sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell; figurative language.
Is big a sensory word?
Sensory words are
descriptive
—they describe how we experience the world: how we smell, see, hear, feel or taste something. Words related to sight indicate colors, shape, or appearance. For instance: gloomy, dazzling, bright, foggy, gigantic. Words related to touch describe textures.
What are the 5 sensory words?
Sensory details are words that stir any of the five senses:
touch, taste, sound, smell, and sight
. For example, rather than saying “She drank the lemonade,” say: “She felt her tongue tingle as she sipped the frosty glass of tart, sugary lemonade.”
What is the imagery in the poem?
About Imagery
Imagery is the
name given to the elements in a poem that spark off the senses
. Despite “image” being a synonym for “picture”, images need not be only visual; any of the five senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell) can respond to what a poet writes.
Why is nature used in poetry?
Many poets include descriptions of nature in their poems. They describe the world around them in writing for a purpose. They not only
try to show us what they see
, they try to make us understand how they feel. Not only are they connected to nature but they see life reflected in it.
What are the 7 types of imagery?
To reinforce their messages, poets employ
auditory, gustatory, kinesthetic, olfactory, organic, tactile or visual imagery
, which are the seven major types that literary authorities recognize.
What are the five senses of the body?
We Have More Than Five Senses; Most people take the faculties of
sight, touch, smell, taste and hearing
for granted—but not the scientist. Recent findings suggest we may have abilities we never suspected.
What are sensory images?
Creating sensory images is
a strategy readers use to think deeply about a text and become immersed in the story
. These images can represent all our senses – seeing, smelling, tasting, hearing, touching and/or feeling. These images are our thinking, and our thinking is important.
What is the importance of imagery in creative writing?
Imagery can make something abstract, like an emotion or theory, seem more concrete and tangible to the reader. By using imagery, writers can
evoke the feeling they want to talk about in their readers
…and by making their readers feel, writers can also help readers connect to the messages in their work.
