This document discusses imagery and its use in literature. It defines imagery as the mental pictures or sensations that readers experience based on an author's use of descriptive words that appeal to the senses. There are five main types of imagery: visual (what is seen), auditory (what is heard), kinesthetic (what is felt), olfactory (what is smelled), and gustatory (what is tasted). Several examples are provided for each type. The document then analyzes a poem for the different types of imagery used, including visual, kinesthetic, and others. It encourages identifying imagery to better understand an author's intended meaning or message.

1. Imagery and
Meaning

2. What image do you see in your
mind when you read the following
sentence?
O A field of bright yellow flowers
lay beautifully in front of me.

3. Is this image close to the
one you saw in your mind?

4. What image do you see in your
mind when you read the following
sentence?
O The big, juicy burger with its
melted cheese and red
tomatoes made my mouth
water and my stomach
grumble.

5. Is this image close to the
one you saw in your mind?

6. Imagery
Definition:
O Imagery refers to the “mental pictures” that
readers experience when reading literature.
O Imagery appeals directly to one or more of
the five senses.
O An author achieves imagery through the use
of words.

7. There are five (5) types of
imagery:
1. Visual – what you see
2. Auditory – what you hear
3. Kinesthetic – what you feel
4. Olfactory – what you smell
5. Gustatory – what you taste

8. Examples
1. Visual – The golden rays of the setting sun
reflected upon the clear waters of the lake.
2. Auditory – The trees rustled as the wind whistled
gently through the leaves.
3. Kinesthetic – My toes went numb and a shiver ran
through my body as I stepped into the cold river.
4. Olfactory – The stench of rotting garbage
overpowered my nostrils when I opened the bin.
5. Gustatory – Her mouth watered and her tongue
burned as she bit into the sour, peppery mango
chow.

9. The Castaways – Claude McKay
The vivid grass with visible delight
Springing triumphant from the pregnant earth,
The butterflies, and sparrows in brief flight
Dancing and chirping for the season’s birth,
The dandelions and rare daffodils
That touch the deep-stirred heart with hands of gold,
The thrushes sending forth their joyous trills, -
Not these, not these did I at first behold!
But seated on the benches daubed with green,
The castaways of life, a few asleep,
Some withered women desolate and mean, How many
And over all, life’s shadows dark and deep. types of
Moaning I turned away, for misery imagery can
I have the strength to bear but not to see. you find in this
poem?

10. Getting Well – Ian McDonald example
Write one
You can always tell the time for sure of a visual image
When patients who are getting well and three
Will soon get up and leave the others here: examples of
They do not have that one-way-only stare. kinesthetic
They seem to see the flowers in the jar. images from this
They do not make a boast of getting well:
poem.
„The kindness of the ward,‟ it‟s called.
But outside you can see amazing scenes.
One time a man ran in the glorious sun
And climbed a green tree standing in the yard.
To the very top he climbed, rocking in the wind,
And turned his face up to the burst of sun,
Frolicked on a swaying branch, and scrambled down
“I‟m not mad!” he cried,
And swung his mother round and round.

11. Ms Baran
English Language
Mayaro Secondary