Exploring Figurative Language
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Objective
I can identify more than one examples of imagery, symbolism, and figurative language in literary texts and explain how it adds meaning to the text.
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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Imagery is descriptive writing that creates pictures in a reader's mind and evokes emotion.
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Writers create imagery by appealing to the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.
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Using figurative language like simile, metaphor, personification, or hyperbole can be a great writing tool to write powerful imagery.
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Practice
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The video describes imagery as descriptive writing that creates pictures in a reader's mind. Which of the following sentences is the BEST example of imagery?
The video mentions using the five senses to create imagery. Describe a scene using at least three of the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) to depict a crowded marketplace.
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Exit ticket
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“In the passage below, identify one example of imagery and one example of figurative language. Explain how each example enhances the description and contributes to the overall meaning. 'The dark sky was thick and inky. It covered the world with a gloominess, lit only by the moon. The overgrown plants slithered against his skin.'”
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