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Imagery and Personification
AKA:Poetic devices that make your poetry more interesting!
ImageryAn image is language that describes
something that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled.
Using imagery in poetry is just like using it in your metacognitive reading strategies! And you probably use it a lot more than
you think. For example...
Sight
The sun’s beams shimmered and danced on the ocean’s gentle waves.
Smell
The fragrant roses drifted through the room like elusive ghosts.
SoundAlthough they
could not see outside the cabin, they could hear the eerie tapping, tapping, tapping, of his knife upon their door.
Taste
The cheesecake’s exquisite flavor traveled from his tongue to his spine.
Touch
The icy breeze gently brushed against the hair on her neck, and goose-bumps shortly followed.
Imagery
Why might imagery be used in poetry?
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PERSONFICATIONPersonification is giving human
qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics to inanimate (non-living) objects.
Personification: An exampleThe window
winked at me. The verb, wink, is a
human action. A window is an
inanimate object.There’s a good
example of personification!
Personification: An exampleMY COMPUTER
HATES ME!!!
Personification: An exampleThose shoes are
speaking to me...
Why might imagery and personification make poetry more interesting?
Questions?
Personification
Why might personification be used in poetry?
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