Imagery 5E MCO gma

Class: Imagery in Writing Name:
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Imagery appeals to one or more of our five senses. Let’s take a closer look at
each sense individually.

1 Visual: appeals to our  It was dark and
dim in the forest.
sense of sight
The words “dark”
 The crimson
apple

glistened in her hand. and “dim” are visual images.

2 Auditory: appeals to our  The children were screaming and
sense of sound (hearing) shouting in the fields.

The “Screaming”
roaring and
thunder “shouting”
frightened
the little appeal to our sense of hearing,
boy. or auditory sense.

3 Olfactory: appeals to  He whiffed the
our sense of smell aroma of brewed

 The athlete’s sweaty coffee.
gym clothes left a “Whiff” and “aroma”

musty odour in the evoke our sense of

laundry room. smell, or olfactory

sense.

4 Gustatory: appeals to  The fresh and juicy orange is very sweet
our sense of taste and refreshing.

 The warm, salty “Juicy” and “sweet”

broth soothed her – when associated

sore throat as she with oranges – have an
ate the soup. effect on our sense of

taste, or gustatory sense.

5 Tactile: appeals to our  The girl ran her hands
sense of touch on a soft satin fabric.

 Thorny, prickly cactus

posed as The idea of “soft” in
an this example appeals
obstacle to to our sense of
many. touch, or tactile
sense.

6 Kinesthetic: refers to  The birds flapped
motion words. It deals their wings in

with movement or action excitement, the

of objects or people. promise of food so

 The choppy sea made close. They sprung
all of us seasick, out of the tree, one
including the captain. by one, soaring
through the

branches and

swooping down low

to the pile of berries beneath the tree”.

 We had to endure the The flapping of the wings and the

rough, description of the way
bumpy the birds fly down
ride towards the ground
along
helps the reader create
an accurate visual

the image of the
uneven scene.
road to
reach

the destination.

Underline the imagery used in each sentence. Then, in the columns provided,
write which of the five senses the uses of imagery below refer to.

1 The old man took the handful of dust, and sifted
it through his fingers.

2 The starry night sky looked so beautiful that it visual / sense of

begged him to linger, but he reluctantly left for sight
home.

3 The fragrance of spring flowers made her joyful.

4 The restaurant is famous for its crunchy, salty gustatory /

roasted peanuts and signature dessert of sense of taste
creamy, rich chocolate cake.

5 Droplets of the heavy rain were like stabbing his
skin as he continued walking home.

6 The stone fell with a splash in the lake.

7 The sound of bat hitting the ball was pleasing to
his ear.

8 The chirping of birds heralded spring.

9 There lay refuse heaps on their path that were olfactory / sense

so smelly that it maddened them. of smell

10 The silence in the room was unnerving.

11 The blind man touched the tree to learn if its
skin was smooth or rough.

12 When he was on the way to work, he heard the auditory / sense

muffled cry of a woman. of sound

13 The beacons of moonlight bathed the room in
ethereal light.

14 The wild gusts of cold wind pierced her body. tactile / sense of
touch

15 The burger, aromatic with spices, made his
mouth water in anticipation of the first bite.