Imagery Language that appeals to the senses Sight

Imagery Language that appeals to the senses Sight, Sound, Smell, Touch, Taste

What is its Purpose? • Writers use imagery for the following reasons: – To offer a vivid description that allows the reader to fully experience thought, feeling, emotion, or observation they are conveying. – To create a sensory experience for the reader. – To paint a picture with their words. – ? ? ?

An Excerpt from “Preludes” by T. S. Eliot The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways. Six o'clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps The grimy scraps Of withered leaves about your feet And newspapers from vacant lots; The showers beat On broken blinds and chimney-pots, And at the corner of the street A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps. And then the lighting of the lamps.

“Summer” by Walter Dean Myers From Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse I like hot days, hot days Sweat is what you got days Bugs buzzin from cousin to cousin Juices dripping Running and ripping Catch the one you love days Birds peeping Old men sleeping Lazy days, daisies lay Beaming and dreaming Of hot days, Sweat is what you got days.

Homework: • Imagery worksheets

Imagery Homework • Write one or more lines of poetry to appeal to each of the five senses (sight, sound, smell, touch and taste) related to your poetry portfolio theme. • You will have a minimum of 5 lines total. • These lines can be put together, or left completely separate.