Imagery

Imagery is a technique using

imaginative and descriptive words that
stimulate your emotions, imagination or
senses.
 Class Objectives
• To pick out different types of imagery from a
poem

• To use images as a stimuli for writing imagery.

 22nd October 2015

Imagery

1) Visual

2) Tactile Don’t Talk

3) Auditory

4) Olfactory

Why is it important to use the senses? How does it help your imagination?
What is the key word type needed for Imagery?

Adjectives!
[The more interesting your adjectives the better the imagery!]
Define the different types of
imagery in your book found in
each of the following 5 images:

1. a)
b)
c)
d)
2. a)
b)
c)
d) etc
Scene One
Scene 2
Scene 3
Scene 4
Scene 5
 Annotate the Poem
Each row has a focus.
With your partner underline the type of imagery
found in the poems.
1) Visual

2) Tactile

3) Auditory

4) Olfactory
 Poems with Imagery
The Way I Play Soccer
Sweat streams down my face,
And my skin turns red under the watchful eye of the sun.
The sound of boos pounding the earth is deafening
As my enemies charge down the field towards me
I can sense the shooter is going to miss;
All at once, the ball collides into my chest.
Screams of victory roar across the field.
The grass stained, game ball rests
Rests lovingly between my two hands.
Poetry by Natasha Niemi

My Summer Day
Blue green like a crayon is the glistening, warm water.
The brownish sand is warm between my welcoming toes.
The excited shouts of the little kids
As they send loud bursts of water at each other.
Assortment of tan bodies stretch along their beach,
A chain of diversity thriving in the sun.
The red, yellow, and blue kites
Gracefully dot the sky.
This is the life on the beach!
 Turning words into poetry…
• Use your sensory stimulus to write 3 very
detailed sentences about 1 of the images.

• E.g. The screeching, thunderous city closes in

around me as its’ putrid stench sickens me.
Trapped, trapped among the thousands
battling through the endless maze of traffic.
Trumpeting horns deafen me and a sea of
smells flood my being.
 Imagery Game
One volunteer will look at an object in a box
Using:
1. Two adjectives
2. A simile,
3. A Metaphors
4. A Clue of their choice
You will describe that object but not reveal what it
is.
The class will try to work out what the object is
 Self-Assessment
• 1 point for every instance of imagery
• 2 points for every time you used a simile,
alliteration, metaphor and rhyme.
• 4 points for using three or more different
types of imagery

What did you score? Write it next to your poem.