The Use of Imagery PowerPoint 15.1

Imagery is commonly found in literature. Imagery is a set of mental pictures or images suggested by descriptive language. Like drawing pictures with words, authors use imagery to make their writing more interesting and lively. Read the following sentence: Down below, quick and blue, fluttered a little butterfly.

Read the following sentence: Down below, quick and blue, fluttered a little butterfly. What images does it make you think of? Draw the images in your notebook.

Down below, quick and blue, fluttered a little butterfly.

Imagery can describe location, manner and action: Down below, quick and blue, manner fluttered a little butterfly.action location

manner action location Choose from the phrases below to make some logical sentences. Up the hill, In the classroom, Across the river, On the stage, Under the tree, Down the hole, noisy and nasty, beautiful and charming, laughing and smiling, lazy and lovely, quiet and peaceful, busy and hardworking, marched the black ants. slept a little puppy. sang the pop singer. swam the lovely ducklings. shouted a naughty boy. ran the happy children.

manner action location Try to make a logical sentence beginning with the phrase ‘up the hill’. Up the hill, In the classroom, Across the river, On the stage, Under the tree, Down the hole, noisy and nasty, beautiful and charming, laughing and smiling, lazy and lovely, quiet and peaceful, busy and hardworking, marched the black ants. slept a little puppy. sang the pop singer. swam the lovely ducklings. shouted a naughty boy. ran the happy children. Up the hill,

Up the hill, laughing and smiling, ran the happy children. How many of you made this sentence? manner action location Up the hill, In the classroom, Across the river, On the stage, Under the tree, Down the hole, noisy and nasty, beautiful and charming, laughing and smiling, lazy and lovely, quiet and peaceful, busy and hardworking, marched the black ants. slept a little puppy. sang the pop singer. swam the lovely ducklings. shouted a naughty boy. ran the happy children.

Up in the hill, busy and hardworking, marched the black ants. Is this also a logical sentence? manner action location Up the hill, In the classroom, Across the river, On the stage, Under the tree, Down the hole, noisy and nasty, beautiful and charming, laughing and smiling, lazy and lovely, quiet and peaceful, busy and hardworking, marched the black ants. slept a little puppy. sang the pop singer. swam the lovely ducklings. shouted a naughty boy. ran the happy children.

In the classroom, Now, make a logical sentence beginning with the phrase ‘In the classroom’. manner action location Up the hill, In the classroom, Across the river, On the stage, Under the tree, Down the hole, noisy and nasty, beautiful and charming, laughing and smiling, lazy and lovely, quiet and peaceful, busy and hardworking, marched the black ants. slept a little puppy. sang the pop singer. swam the lovely ducklings. shouted a naughty boy. ran the happy children.

How many of you made this sentence? In the classroom, noisy and nasty, shouted a naughty boy. manner action location Up the hill, In the classroom, Across the river, On the stage, Under the tree, Down the hole, noisy and nasty, beautiful and charming, laughing and smiling, lazy and lovely, quiet and peaceful, busy and hardworking, marched the black ants. slept a little puppy. sang the pop singer. swam the lovely ducklings. shouted a naughty boy. ran the happy children.

Are these logical sentences?  In the classroom, quiet and peaceful, slept a little puppy.  In the classroom, laughing and smiling, ran the happy children.  In the classroom, beautiful and charming, sang the pop singer. manner action location Up the hill, In the classroom, Across the river, On the stage, Under the tree, Down the hole, noisy and nasty, beautiful and charming, laughing and smiling, lazy and lovely, quiet and peaceful, busy and hardworking, marched the black ants. slept a little puppy. sang the pop singer. swam the lovely ducklings. shouted a naughty boy. ran the happy children.

Across the river, Now, make a logical sentence beginning with the phrase ‘Across the river’. manner action location Up the hill, In the classroom, Across the river, On the stage, Under the tree, Down the hole, noisy and nasty, beautiful and charming, laughing and smiling, lazy and lovely, quiet and peaceful, busy and hardworking, marched the black ants. slept a little puppy. sang the pop singer. swam the lovely ducklings. shouted a naughty boy. ran the happy children.

How many of you made this sentence? Across the river, quiet and peaceful, swam the lovely ducklings. Did anyone make a different sentence? manner action location Up the hill, In the classroom, Across the river, On the stage, Under the tree, Down the hole, noisy and nasty, beautiful and charming, laughing and smiling, lazy and lovely, quiet and peaceful, busy and hardworking, marched the black ants. slept a little puppy. sang the pop singer. swam the lovely ducklings. shouted a naughty boy. ran the happy children.

Now, in groups of 4-5, make some logical sentences beginning with the phrases below. Then, sketch a cartoon to illustrate each sentence. On the stage, … Under the tree, … Down the hole, … manner action location Up the hill, In the classroom, Across the river, On the stage, Under the tree, Down the hole, noisy and nasty, beautiful and charming, laughing and smiling, lazy and lovely, quiet and peaceful, busy and hardworking, marched the black ants. slept a little puppy. sang the pop singer. swam the lovely ducklings. shouted a naughty boy. ran the happy children.

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