Defining the Craft
Define the primary function of descriptive writing as it relates to a reader's cognitive experience
Dscriptive Writing conjures a vivid, sensory impression to help the reader understand the text and the author’s intention
“The flower shop was a domain heavy with the drowsy scent of velvet-petaled roses and Provencal freesias”.
Olfactory Imagery
This imagery type captures a flavor’s specific acidity, earthiness, or harshness, much like a professional coffee tasting.
Gustatory Imagery
True or False: Tactile imagery is limited strictly to textures like "rough" or "smooth"
False; it includes sensations like itching, stickiness, and the warmth of sunlight
Explain the specific difference between "merely reading a story" and the "profound" experience imagery provides
The difference between reading words and feeling as though you are living the experience through sensory engagement
“Our ears are stoppered in the bee-hum while Charlie, laughing wonderfully, goes to get a bigger pot”
Auditory Imagery
Describe how an author utilizes olfactory imagery beyond simple smells, according to the lesson content.
By describing a scent's richness, pungence, weight, distinctness, or physical effect?
Based on the market description, identify the imagery used when the narrator's mouth felt "refreshed" by "sweet and tangy juice"
Gustatory Imagery
This term describes the "mind’s eye" process where a reader visualizes the specific aesthetics, forms, and shapes of a described object.
Visual Imagery
“There was a field of cotton along the countryside, as if the moon had flowered on it the night before”
Visual Imagery
In the description of the mango's "yellow-orange coat" being "almost as heavy as a football," the two senses being stimulated are ____________ & ______________
Visual & Tactile Imagery
Sensory details make writing more _________ to read and help the reader understand the text better
interesting
What is the literary technique that utilizes "vivid and descriptive language" to transport a reader into a writer’s crafted world
Imagery
“The wetness of a finished lollipop stick or the surprise of a thumbtack in your purse”
Tactile Imagery
Why is the phrase "the headachy smell of bitter chocolate" is more effective than saying "it smelled like chocolate?"
Because it describes the physical effect and distinctness of the scent to transport the reader
From the earlier market prompt, identify the specific auditory detail that suggests a sense of community or crowd.
"Vendors calling out their prices" and "laughter and footsteps echoing