Sensory Imagery? What is…

Words that tell..Sight what would you see ? what would it look like? Examples: old, frail, sunny, shy, hysterical, healthy, broken, fresh, tall, round,

Words that tell…Sound what would you hear ? what does it sound like? Examples: shout, thud, whistle, clatter

Words that tell…Taste what would you taste ? what does it taste like? Examples: sweet, burnt, buttery, salty, warm, crisp, tangy

Words that tell…Smell how does it smell? what does it smell like? Examples: musty, fresh, spicy, piney

Words that tell…Touch/Feeling what does it feel like? how does it feel? Examples: sharp, smooth, tickly, warm, fuzzy, dry

Practice: Identify examples of imagery in the following three pieces of writing Sight Sound Taste Touch Smell

Now, see how many examples of Sensory Imagery you can find. “ Walls of thick vegetation rose up on all sides and arched overhead in a lacy canopy that filtered the light to a soft shade. It had just rained; the air was hot and steamy. I felt enclosed in a semitropical terrarium, sealed off from a world that suddenly seemed a thousand miles away.” - From Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

A City Drowning By Eloísa Pérez-Lozano, League City You listen to deception, innocent-sounding pitter-patter on the windows individual rain drops falling slowly so you hear each one's small thump Suddenly, they quicken their voices meld together into a thunderous song an ominous chant, the soft roar of a liquid beast, whose shape is not one you can contain. This is an assault on my city as rain falls in sheets for days beating, hammering knocking the earth senseless drowning her over and over before she can come up for air. Drops are tiny fists as they fall pummeling the ground and when she won't give in they soak her, saturate her overtake her with millions of themselves, joined together gargantuan gallons of water a life-giving force turned murderer too much for us to take.

Yum! By Sheila Lobert Ding! Yea! It’s the oven timer! Let the deliciousness commence! I almost burn my hand on the hot metal door as I throw it open in eager anticipation of the warm, chewy, cheesy, meaty goodness to come. I see the puffy crust has risen to a perfect golden hue around the edges, and the cheese is dripping over the side of the dark, round stone, just way I like it. I grab my oven mitts and pull it out, sitting in onto the stovetop. Then, I grab the big silver cutter and slice it into eight (almost) even slices. When I pick up the fist slice, it’s so heavy I almost drop it, but when the rich flavors of garlic and oregano overwhelm my tongue, I’m so very glad I didn’t!

Literary Analysis– Using the short poem you chose in class… Identify examples of imagery OR talk about whether or not imagery would have improved poems that do not have it. Discuss how the imagery contributes to the meaning of the poem OR explain why you think the author chose not to use imagery

Time to write! Write a thesis statement using one of the following stems… Defend your thesis with a variety of sentence styles