imagery

2. Mechanics
Stand behind the box
You will play this game with a blindfold
Insert your hand in the hole of the box
You only have 2 minutes to identify what’s inside the box
You can use all of your senses except sense of sight

3. Identify what sense is present in this sentences.
1. Horns, trumpets, and drums blared out the
fanfare in a loud but harmonious greeting.
2. The grill smoke carried the heavy meaty
scent of burgers with the tang or barbecue
sauce.

4. 3.The view from the mountain pass was
breathtaking with the sun’s rays turning
the valley into a gold paradise.
4.I love to roll frozen grapes around my
mouth before biting into their icy
tartness.
5.The tree bark was rough against her skin.

5. IMAGERY
 Is a descriptive language
used to appeal to a reader’s
senses.

6. SENSORY IMAGERY
 A writer’s use of words which connect
to a readers sense of sight, touch, taste,
smell or hearing in order to develop a
mood, idea, character or theme.

7. TYPES OF
SENSORY
IMAGERY

8. Visual Imagery
Most writers are comfortable
with visual imagery, which
includes what you can see. Visual
imagery focuses on the physical
attributes of an object, person,
or scene.

9. Visual Imagery
Examples:
The deep yellow hues of the
sunset drowned in and mixed with
the blues of the sea.
The sunset was the most gorgeous
they’d ever seen; the clouds were
edged with pink and gold.

10. Gustatory
Imagery
Everyone needs to eat,
and everyone has their
favorite foods. Gustatory
imagery focuses on how
that food tastes.

11. As you add gustatory
imagery to your writing,
remember that there are
five basic tastes: Salty,
Sweet, Sour, Bitter and
Umami (savory)

12. Gustatory Imagery
Examples:
The salty, sweet flavour of saltwater
taffy was Carrie’s very favourite thing
about going to the beach for summer
vacation.
Joe plucked an apple right from the
tree and crunched into it, the tart juices
filling his mouth and running down his
chin.

13. Auditory Imagery
Engages the reader’s sense
of hearing. One way to do
this is to describe the
sounds (or lack of sounds)
of a certain place, person, or
object in your story.

14. Auditory Imagery
Examples:
The clank of the keys
The clang of the plates
Crow of the rooster in the morning
The chirping of the birds
Whistling crescendo of the nightingale
The rustle of the papers

15. Olfactory Imagery
Appeals to our sense of smell by
describing something the narrator
or protagonist inhales. Writers
often compare smells to familiar
things such as: Perfume, Dirt,
Grass, Rain, Flowers and Food

16. Olfactory Imagery
Examples:
The honeysuckle fragrant lawn
lured the insects and flies; I could
hear the crickets calling and
singing their eerie song of the
night.
The scent of wet soil reached my
nostrils and my eyes closed on their
own accord.

17. Tactile Imagery
Refers to anything you feel
through your sense of touch.
Most people have certain
textures that they either love
or hate to touch, and this is all
part of tactile imagery.

18. Tactile Imagery
Examples:
I love soft, chilly raindrops on
a hot summer day!
I accidentally threw the lid of
casserole on the floor because
it is hot.

19. Directions: Determine if it is Auditory,
Olfactory, Visual, Gustatory, or Tactile
1. The girl ran her hands on a soft satin fabric.
2. The children were screaming and shouting in the fields.
3. The fragrance of spring flowers made her joyful.
4. Miko’s loves to order a sweet and sour pork at Chowking, it’s his
favorite.
5. Jena sensed a stinky skunk as she was sitting in a bench at the
park.

20. 6. The spicy Korean noodles burned my throat.
7. The silence in the room of Victor was unnerving.
8. The wild gusts of cold wind pierced her body.
9. When he was on the way to work, he heard the
muffled cry of a woman.
10. The beacons of moonlight bathed the room in
ethereal light.