what are images
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A slide show about images in poetry. Part of a unit on poetry for high school students.TRANSCRIPT
What areare Images?Images?
In poetry...In poetry...
…an imageimage is a wordword or phrasephrase that appeals to the sensessenses, and suggests a mental picturemental picture, actionaction or impressionimpression.
We usually think of images as appealing to our visual sense. We associate them with photographsphotographs, drawingsdrawings, paintingspaintings and filmsfilms.
However. . .However. . .
In poetry, images apply to all fivefive of your sensessenses:
sight
sound
smell
taste
touch
Now. . .Now. . .
Read a few Read a few poemspoems and and see how many see how many imagesimages you can find.you can find.