 Auditory is something that you can hear through your

mind’s ears. Auditory imagery includes enjoyable

sound, noise, and silence.
 As she walked through the wintery woods,
her teeth chattered, and the leaves crunched
under her feet.
 The eerie silence made him stop in his tracks.

strange and frightening

 Olfactory is something that you can smell through
your mind’s nose. Olfactory imagery includes
fragrances and odors

 He woke up to the smell of burnt toast and

greasy bacon, when all he wanted was coffee.

 The sweet fragrance of honeysuckle

always reminded Jenny of her mother’s
perfume.
 Gustatory is something that you can taste through  The boy bit into the
your mind’s tongue. Gustatory imagery includes ripe peach and smiled
sweetness, sourness, saltiness, spiciness, and as the sweet, soft fruit
savoriness. filled his mouth, and
the juice ran down his
chin.

 She couldn’t wait to

sink her teeth into the
succulent, salty
steak.

Tender, Juicy, Tasty.

 The dog yelped after stepping on a prickly burr, and then I
almost yelped when I yanked it from his paw and the prickles  Tactile is
pierced my fingers. something that
you can touch
through your
 The cat’s fur felt like a shaggy rug.
mind’s skin. Tactile
imagery includes
temperature,
texture, touch, and
movement.

 The way
things FEEL
when you
touch them.
Identify the sensory imagery employed in the sentences. Choose the correct
answer below: Visual- Auditory- Olfactory- Gustatory- Tactile

1. The palay stalks were taking on gold in the late afternoon sun,
losing their trampled, wind-swept look, and stirring into little,
inaudible whispers.

2. The swing of Vidal’s figure was as graceful as the downward

curve of the crescent-shaped scythe.

3. Vidal stopped in his work to wipe off the heavy sweat from his
brow.

4. She approached him and examined his hot, moist arms

critically.

5. The blood rushed hot to his very eyes and ears as he met her
grave, searching look that swept him from head to foot.
6. Her perfume, a very subtle fragrance, was cool and scented in the air.

7. There were flowers, insects, and birds of boyhood memories.

8. There was the slow crunch, crunch of footsteps on dried soil.

9. There was an amusement rippling beneath her tones.

10.If that look, that quiver of voice had been a moth, a curl on the dark head of his
daughter.

11.He could feel his muscles tensing as he waited for her to speak again.

12.That sentence rang, resounded, and vibrated in Fabian’s ears.

13.She noticed neither the twilight stealing into the patio nor the silence brooding over them.

14.While she smoothed the clay, patted it and molded the vein, muscle, and arm, stole the firmness,
the strength, of his arms.

15.Soon all your sampaguitas and camias will be gone, my dear sister-in-law.
1. Visual/Auditory
2. Visual
3. Tactile
4. Tactile
5. Tactile
6. Gustatory
7. Visual
8. Auditory
9. Auditory
10. Auditory/Visual
11. Tactile
12. Auditory
13. Visual
14. Visual/Tactile
15. Visual
FIGURES OF SPEECH
  I ran like the wind
A simile uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one
object or idea with another to suggest they are alike
 The house is as clean
as a castle

•Her tears were a river

flowing down her cheeks.
•The classroom was a zoo.
•He is a night owl.
The metaphor is comparing two different objects. A metaphor •Mario is a chicken.
is more positive – it says you are something. •Her eyes were fireflies.
 •“The sun smiled down on us.” Personification
is a figure of speech in
•‘The story jumped off the page.” which a thing, an idea, or
an animal is given
•“The light danced on the surface of the human traits and other
personality.
water.”

Alliteration is
derived from the
Latin “Latira”
1.Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet. which means
2.Harry hurried home to watch football on TV. “letters of the
3.Rachel ran right until she realized she was running round and
alphabet”. It is the
round.
4.Polly's prancing pony performed perfectly.
repetition of the
5.The boy buzzed around as busy as a bee. same initial letter,
sound or group of
sounds in a series of
words.
 Onomatopoeia is the
 How they clang, and clash, and roar! use of a word to
What a horror they outpour. describe or imitate a
natural sound of a thing.
 When you can make the grandest noises. It makes the description
Screech, scream, holler, and yell— more interesting.
Buzz a buzzer, clang a bell,
Sneeze—hiccup—whistle—shout,
Laugh until your lungs wear out,
Toot a whistle, kick, a can,
Bang a spoon against a pan,
Hyperbole is an
unreal exaggeration
that no one would
believe the statement
“I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse” is true.
“I’ve seen this movie a hundred times”

“I've told you this 20,000 times”