1. Students will learn what imagery is and how authors use it to create more vivid descriptions in their writing.

2. IMAGERY Imagery uses precise language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. Imagery often uses figurative language like simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration, etc. in order to appeal to the senses. The function of imagery in literature is to generate a vibrant presentation of a scene that appeals to as many of the reader’s senses as possible. It aids the reader’s imagination to clearly envision the characters and scenes in the literary piece. sight touch smell hearing taste

3. IMAGERY Examples: It was dark and dim in the forest. – The words “dark” and “dim” are visual images. The children were screaming and shouting in the fields. – “Screaming” and “shouting” appeal to our sense of hearing or auditory sense. He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee. – “whiff” and “aroma” evoke our sense of smell or olfactory sense. The girl ran her hands on the soft satin fabric. – The idea of “soft” in this example appeals to our sense of touch or tactile sense. The fresh and juicy orange is cold and sweet. – “ juicy” and “sweet” when associated with oranges have an effect on our sense of taste or gustatory sense.

4. The moment Scrooge's hand was on the lock, a strange voice called him by his name, and bade him enter. He obeyed. It was his own room. There was no doubt about that. But it had undergone a surprising transformation. The walls and ceiling were so hung with living green, that it looked a perfect grove; from every part of which, bright gleaming berries glistened. The crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe, and ivy reflected back the light, as if so many little mirrors had been scattered there; and such a mighty blaze went roaring up the chimney, as that dull petrifaction of a hearth had never known in Scrooge's time, or Marley's, or for many and many a winter season gone. Heaped up on the floor, to form a kind of throne, were turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, great joints of meat, sucking-pigs, long wreaths of sausages, mince-pies, plum-puddings, barrels of oysters, red-hot chestnuts, cherry-cheeked apples, juicy oranges, luscious pears, immense twelfth-cakes, and seething bowls of punch, that made the chamber dim with their delicious steam. In easy state upon this couch, there sat a jolly giant, glorious to see:, who bore a glowing torch, in shape not unlike plenty's horn, and held it up, high up, to shed its light on scrooge, as he came peeping round the door. Read the description of Scrooge’s room when the Ghost of Christmas Present visits him. What examples of imagery do you see?

5. Scrooge’s chambers “had undergone a surprising transformation.” Pick somewhere that is familiar to you and describe its surprising transformation.  Use imagery in your description; try to appeal to as many of the five senses as you can.  Please type and double space your response.  The length of your response should be similar to Charles Dickens’ description.