IMAGERY is super important!

Definition: Language that helps people that read or think to form images in their minds. Imagery also helps people increase their imagination and how pictures will form into their own unique ways in their minds! Imagery is a friend of descriptive words.

Example: 

• The sweet smell of apple pies lingered in the living room, dragging all the little kids into the kitchen.
• Her eyes distanced as the sun began to set, the orangey-red color covered the skies.
• The thumpa-thumpa continued throughout the club, people began to dance themselves onto the dance floor and followed the rhythm in their minds.
• He licked the brown-colored popsicle on his hand, the soda taste stuck on his tongue. He moaned at the sugary sensation.
• She reached out for the gooey subject on the table, her index finger dipped into the liquid and shivered at the coolness at the tip of her finger.

 Why is it important in Language Arts?


Imagery helps people to hear, to taste, to smell, to sense, and to see whatever they are reading about. Just like my examples above, I did not tell their actions, but I described them out, helping the audience to take a look inside my mind and imagine what I was imagine. Imagery would work best with descriptive words and would help you increasing your imagination!