will: a. identify the different kinds of imagery; b. construct a sentence with imagery; c. express appreciation for sensory images. What image do you see in your mind when you read the following sentence A field of bright yellow flowers lay beautifully in front of me. Is this image close to the one you saw in your mind? The big, juicy burger with its melted cheese and red tomatoes made my mouth water and my stomach grumble. Is this image close to the one you saw in your mind? Imagery ✓Imagery refers to the “mental pictures” that readers experience when reading literature. ✓Imagery appeals directly to one or more of the five senses. ✓An author achieves imagery through the use of words. Sensory Images ✓Creating sensory images is a strategy readers use to think more deeply about a text. It is when a reader combines their schema and the information in the text to create an image in their mind. Sensory Images ✓ This image can represent all of the five senses (visual, smell, taste, sound, touch or feeling). Creating sensory images also helps a reader draw on specific details in the text (e.g. a character’s thoughts, words or actions; elements of tone, meaning or beauty of a text), creating an interaction between the reader and the text. Sensory Images ✓When readers make sensory images as they read, it helps them understand and enjoy the story more. It is as if you are experiencing the text as it is happening and it is hard to stop reading. There are five (5) types of imagery. There are five (5) types of imagery:
1. Visual Imagery – what you see
2. Auditory – what you hear 3. Kinesthetic/Tactile Imagery – what you feel 4. Olfactory – what you smell 5. Gustatory – what you taste Examples Sense of Smell: • Olfactory Imagery: It It smells good. smells of oranges and fresh bread.
Sense of Sight: • Visual Imagery: She looks
She looks good. as though she could be on the cover of a fashion magazine, with her soft features and striking beauty. Examples Sense of Touch: • Tactile Imagery: It It is rough. is rough like coarse sandpaper.
Sense of Hearing: • Auditory Imagery:
It is loud. It sounds like a rock concert.
Sense of Taste: • Gustatory Imagery:
It tastes bad. It tastes bitter and strong. Identify what type of imagery/sensory images were used in the following sentences.
1. Acrisius, King of Argos, came home from
Delphi with a heavy heart, for he had received a dreadful oracle. 2. When afterwards a son was born to Danae, she hid him from her father’s sight. 3. Danae lulled her child with song and he slept. Write a paragraph inspired by the image. It must appeal to each sense; therefore, it must contain at least one use of imagery for each sense. Identify what type of imagery/sensory images were used in the following sentences. 1. It happened that the fisherman Dictys by name, saw the chest bobbing on the waves close to the shore. 2. So it was not strange that King Polydectes, who was Dicty’s brother, fell in love with her and made her his wife. Getting Well – Ian McDonald You can always tell the time for sure When patients who are getting well Will soon get up and leave the others here: They do not have that one-way-only stare. They seem to see the flowers in the jar. Write one example They do not make a boast of getting well: of a visual image and three The kindness of the ward, it’s called. examples of kinesthetic images from this poem. But outside you can see amazing scenes. One time a man ran in the glorious sun And climbed a green tree standing in the yard. To the very top he climbed, rocking in the wind, And turned his face up to the burst of sun, Frolicked on a swaying branch, and scrambled down “I’m not mad!” he cried, And swung his mother round and round.