1. Imagery:
Language in the
Mind's Eye

2. Today’s Objective
Evaluating and recognizing imagery within a piece of writing.

3. Concrete Definition Imagery
The use of expressive or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas in literature or art.
Language that creates a picture in your mind
Descriptive language that evokes sensory experience
Sight, smell, taste, touch, sound

4. Descriptive, Sensory Details:
The irresistible aroma wrapped its arms around the woman when she opened the oven.

5. Descriptive, Sensory Details:
The rainbow of colors flashing from the dress made it impossible to ignore.

6. Descriptive, Sensory Details:
The chiropractor pushed forcefully down on my spine and I could hear a car crash of bone scraping bone inside of my back.

7. Descriptive, Sensory Details:
When Henry’s hand was caught in the car door a thousand needles rampaged their way through every nerve in his body.

8. Descriptive, Sensory Details:
When I took a bite of the steak the rich juices, savory spices, and succulent taste overwhelmed me.

9. Imagery in ACTION Title your page Imagery in ACTION
Fold your paper HAMBURGER style

11. Imagery in ACTION Title your page Imagery in ACTION
Fold your paper HAMBURGER style
Copy the following paragraph down on the TOP half of your page.

12. Imagery in Action
The hot July sun beat relentlessly down, casting an orange glare over the farm buildings, the fields, the pond. Even the usually cool green willows bordering the pond hung wilted and dry. Our sun-baked backs ached for relief. We quickly pulled off our sweaty clothes and plunged into the pond, but the tepid water only stifled us and we soon climbed onto the brown, dusty bank. Our parched throats longed for something cool--a strawberry ice, a tall frosted glass of lemonade.

13. Imagery in ACTION Title your page Imagery in ACTION
Fold your paper HAMBURGER style
Copy the following paragraph down on the TOP half of your page.
On the bottom half of your page create 5 columns

14. Imagery in ACTION Title your page Imagery in ACTION
Fold your paper HAMBURGER style
Copy the following paragraph down on the TOP half of your page.
On the bottom half of your page create 5 columns
Label the columns: sight, sound, taste, touch, smell

15. Imagery in Action
READ the Paragraph CLOSELY and HIGHLIGHT OR UNDERLINE the words that cause imagery.
After you have identified the WORDS that CAUSE imagery, list those words in the appropriate column.

16. Example
The hot July sun beat relentlessly down, casting an orange glare over the farm buildings, the fields, the pond
Where would those two highlighted areas be placed?

17. Sight
Smell
Taste
Touch
Sound
Orange Glare
Beat Relentlessly

18. Backside of Paper
We pulled on our clothes over our bathing suits, crackling underbrush, the sharp briars pulling at our damp jeans, until we reached the watermelon patch. As we began to cut open the nearest melon, we could smell the pungent skin mingling with the dusty odor of the dry earth. Suddenly, the melon gave way with a crack, revealing the deep, pink sweetness inside.