Express Appreciation

for Sensory Images

Used
LESSON OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

A. identify and understand sensory images used in literary

texts,
B. incorporate sensory details and descriptive language in
their own writing to create vivid and engaging sensory
images,
C. express appreciation for sensory images by writing a
poem that contains imagery.
WHAT IS IMAGERY
 It is the author’s use of language that
appeals to the five senses in order to
help the reader imagine what exactly is
being describe.
 The word imagery came from the Old
French word “imagerie” which means a
figure.
FIVE TYPES OF
IMAGERY
TYPES OF IMAGERY

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 It is the use of figurative language to address our sense of vision.
Visual imagery may include:

• Color, such as: burnt red, bright orange, dull yellow, verdant green, and
Robin’s egg blue.
• Shapes, such as: square, circular, tubular, rectangular, and conical.
• Size, such as: miniscule, tiny, small, medium-sized, large, and gigantic.
• Pattern, such as: polka-dotted, striped, zig-zagged, jagged, and straight.
 EXAMPLES
Whose woods these are I think I On broken blinds and
know. chimney-pots,
His house is in the village though; And at the corner of the
He will not see me stopping here street
To watch his woods fill up with  A lonely cab-horse steams
snow.
and stamps.
My little horse must think it queer
And then the lighting of the
lamps
To stop without a farmhouse near
-Prelude T.S
Between the woods and frozen lake
ELLIOT
The darkest evening of the year.

- Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening by 

Robert Frost’s
TYPES OF IMAGERY

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 is used to explain things, ideas and actions using sounds that appeal
to our sense of hearing.  Auditory imagery may include:

• Enjoyable sounds, such as: beautiful music, birdsong, and the voices of a

chorus.
• Noises, such as: the bang of a gun, the sound of a broom moving across the
floor, and the sound of broken glass shattering on the hard floor.
• The lack of noise, describing a peaceful calm or eerie silence.
 EXAMPLES

My little horse must think it queer Once upon a midnight dreary, while I

To stop without a farmhouse near pondered, weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of
Between the woods and frozen lake
forgotten lore—
The darkest evening of the year.He
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly
gives his harness bells a shake
there came a tapping,
To ask if there is some mistake.
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my
The only other sound’s the sweep
chamber door.
Of easy wind and downy flake.
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my
chamber door—
- Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening by  Only this and nothing more.”
Robert Frost’s
- The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
TYPES OF IMAGERY

F O
O L YF R
A LC AT O
O CR TY

Olfactory imagery describes what we smell. Olfactory

imagery may include:

• Fragrances, such as perfumes, enticing food and drink, and blooming

flowers.
• Odors, such as rotting trash, body odors, or a stinky wet dog.
 EXAMPLES
 “There were strange, rare odors abroad—
“My captor, whoever he was, seemed a tangle of the sea smell and of weeds and
not much taller than I…. I smelled a damp, new-plowed earth, mingled with
the heavy perfume of a field of white
faint flowery scent, as of lavender blossoms somewhere near.”
water, and something more spicy,
- The Awakening by Kate Chopin (1899).
mingled with the sharper reek of male
perspiration.”
 The sweet chocolate aroma of champorado
wafted from the kitchen to the living room,
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon causing Nena’s stomach to rumble.
TYPES OF IMAGERY

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T AS TY OO RR Y
T

 Gustatory imagery describes what we taste. Gustatory imagery can include:

• Sweetness, such as candies, cookies, and desserts.

• Sourness, bitterness, and tartness, such as lemons and limes.
• Saltiness, such as pretzels, French fries, and pepperonis.
• Spiciness, such as salsas and curries.
• Savoriness, such as a steak dinner or thick soup.
 EXAMPLES
2. Gently blow and stir the fire,
1. One sniff gives a clue of the heat Lay the mutton down to roast,
within. Dress it nicely I desire,
In the dripping put a toast,
First bite feels like swallowing a That I hunger may remove:
lighted blow torch, Mutton is the meat I love.
- Cooking by Jonathan Swift
And tears stream from his eyes like a
flash flood
As the dying ghost pepper delivers its 3. The salty taste of rich, creamy peanut butter
was my family’s all-time favorite.
savage revenge.
Man Versus Pepper by Roper
TYPES OF IMAGERY

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 tactile imagery describes what we feel or touch. helps the reader to visualize or perceive
the things that he can feel with his skin. Tactile imagery includes:
• Temperature, such as bitter cold, humidity, mildness, and stifling heat.
• Texture, such as rough, ragged, seamless, and smooth.
• Touch, such as hand-holding, one’s in the grass, or the feeling of starched fabric on
one’s skin.
• Movement, such as burning muscles from exertion, swimming in cold water, or kicking a
soccer ball.
 EXAMPLES
1The cold sweat melted from their limbs, 2. When glided in Porphyria; straight
She shut the cold out and the storm,
Nor rot nor reek did they:
And kneeled and made the cheerless
The look with which they looked on me grate
Had never passed away… Blaze up, and all the cottage warm

My lips were wet, my throat was cold,

- Porphyria’s Lover  by 
My garments all were dank; Robert Browning
Sure I had drunken in my dreams,
And still my body drank.
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by 3. Rebekah jumped onto her soft feathery
mattress after returning from the double shift in
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
the office and instantly fell asleep.
GROUP ACVITY: CREATING A SENSORY
POEM
INSTRUCTIONS: You will be divided into groups. Each group will need to create a poem using a
sensory image discussed. You may choose from the prompt provided or choose your own topic.
Each group will be given 10-15 minutes to brainstorm and write their sensory poem. Your group will
be evaluated based on the criteria below:

PROMPTS: CRITERIA FOR GROUP ACTIVITY

1. Effective use of descriptive 25pts
language  
 Favorite childhood memory  
2. Clear and engaging sensory
 My Favorite Person 25 pts
images that evoke the five  
 A smell that brings back
senses.  
memories.
3. Coherence and organization of 25pts
 Life in the future  
the poem.
 The ups and downs of love 25pts
4. Creativity and originality.
 My Family Travel Memory
 

TOTAL 100pts
EVALUATION
: INSTRUCTIONS: Identify what imagery is being used in the following sentences.
Write you answer on a ½ sheet of paper. COPY AND ANSWER.
1. The sweet scent of the cherry blossom's perfume reminds me of my family’s visit in
Japan last year.
2. Jose tried to grab the baby octopus, but its slimy skin made it slip away.
3. My mother cleaned our old refrigerator; the nauseating smell of rotten eggs and
vegetable made her nauseous.
4. The rich, sweet, and crunchy taste of langkang turon run over his taste buds as he
chewed and swallowed the whole dessert in a second.
5. Mara love the soft, pink couch, given by her mother on her eighteenth birthday.
6. Anton always love the colors of the rainbow, so as the light blue sky.
7. The bright colors of the fallen Sakura leaves painted a beautiful scene in the park.
8. The sun warmed her skin as she lay by the pool.
9. The rough bark of the tree scraped against her back as she leaned against it.
10. Jasmine lover the bittersweet taste of coffee that lingered on her tongue.
 ASSIGNMENT

INSTRUCTIONS: Read the “One Fine Day in the Middle of

the Night.” Then visualize the events and underline the words
that helps you take a picture in your mind. And in a short bond
paper, draw or make an illustration of what happened in the
story.
 THANK YOU
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