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Defining Imagery (Creative Writing)

You will learn about Imagery and some activities in Creative Writing.

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Defining Imagery (Creative Writing)

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  1. WORDIA AND THE AIR CRYSTALDefining imagery experiences and citing specific experiences

  2. OBJECTIVES • A. Use imagery and specific experiences to evoke meaningful responses from readers. • B. Write a short paragraphs or vignettes using imagery and specific experiences.

  3. VOCABULARY BUILDER Unscramble the following letters to form a word. 1. RYSAGTUOT 2. LSVUIA

  4. 3. TELITCA 4. RYOADUIT

  5. 5. ACTFRYLOO 6. CITEHTSENNIK

  6. It involves the use of descriptive language to create mental images. In literary terms, sensory imagery is a type of imagery; the difference is that sensory imagery works by engaging a reader’s five senses. What is sensory Imagery?

  7. 6 DIFFERENT TYPES OF SENSORY IMAGERY 1. Visual imagery engages the sense of sight. This is what you can see, and includes visual descriptions. Physical attributes including color, size, shape, lightness and darkness, shadows, and shade. Example: The moonlight shone over the lake and reflected in her big, dark eyes.

  8. 6 DIFFERENT TYPES OF SENSORY IMAGERY 2. Gustatory imagery engages the sense of taste. This is what you can taste, and includes flavors. This can include the five basic tastes—sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami—as well as the textures and sensations tied to the act of eating. Example: As he bit into the juicy burger, a variety of spices danced upon his tongue.

  9. 3. Tactile imagery engages the sense of touch. This is what you can feel, and includes textures and the many sensations a human being experiences when touching something. Differences in temperature is also a part of tactile imagery. • Example:A gust of cold wind pierced her body.

  10. 4. Auditory imagery engages the sense of hearing. This is the way things sound. Literary devices such as onomatopoeia and alliteration can help create sounds in writing. • Example:She awoke to the chirping of birds and the soft whisper of a breeze as it passed through the tree outside her window.

  11. 5. Olfactory imagery engages the sense of smell. Scent is one of the most direct triggers of memory and emotion, but can be difficult to write about. Since taste and smell are so closely linked, you’ll sometimes find the same words (such as “sweet”) used to describe both. Simile is common in olfactory imagery, because it allows writers to compare a particular scent to common smells like dirt, grass, manure, or roses. • Example: The sweet aroma of the freshly baked chocolate chip cookies wafted from the kitchen to the living room, causing Greg’s stomach to rumble.

  12. 6.Kinesthetic imagery (a.k.a kinesthesia) engages the feeling of movement. This can be similar to tactile imagery but deals more with full-body sensations, such as those experienced during exercise. Rushing water, flapping wings, and pounding hearts are all examples of kinesthetic imagery. • Example: “This sensible warm motion to becomeA kneaded clod; and the delighted spiritTo bathe in fiery floods, or to resideIn thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice…” (Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare)

  13. Practice Task 1 Directions: Unlock the imagery used in each sentence. Choices are provided inside the parentheses. • a. The old man took the handful of dust, and sifted it through his skin and fingers (Auditory, Tactile) • b. The sound of drum in the distance attracted him. • (Visual, Auditory) • c. The beacons of moonlight bathed the room in ethereal light (Olfactory, Visual) • d. The wild gusts of wind pierced through his body. (Olfactory, Tactile)

  14. e. The burger, aromatic with spices, made his mouth water in anticipation of the first bite. (Gustatory, Auditory) f. A sudden blow: the great wings beating stillAbove the staggering girl, her thighs caressedBy the dark webs, her nape caught in his bill,He holds her helpless breast upon his breast. (Kinesthetic, Gustatory) (W.B. Yeats’ 1923, “Leda and the Swan”)

  15. Define Imagery using the words in the box. Construct a correct and complete sentence. Senses mind appeals figurative language emotion/mood

  16. EVALUATION Read the poem “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Marlowe, and identify the sensory images used in the said piece.

  17. ASSIGNMENT • Write a short poem(free verse), song, paragraph or vignettes about the current situation using the 6 different types of sensory imagery. CRITERIA • Relevance to the topic - 50% • Creativity/Style and Originality - 30% • Coherence of form and structure (harmony of words, presentation) - 10% • Clarity of imagery and language - 10% TOTAL - 100%

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