CREATIVE WRITING

TOPIC: IMAGERY

Activity: Describe the nouns listed below using appropriate adjective. Write your answer on
the opposite column. Then use the pair of words in sentences.

Example:
Noun Adjective
environment peaceful
lady attractive

Noun Adjective

1. ocean

2. forest

3. town fiesta

4. cake

5. family

6. farm

7. kitchen

8. flower

9. Boracay

10. Mt. Samat

11. balut

12. cellphone

13. coffee

14. soft drinks

15. Mobile Legend

IMAGERY

Visual is a picture in words; something that is concrete and can be seen. Visual imagery includes color,
shape, size, and pattern.

Example
He first saw her in his brother’s eyes.

Auditory is something that you can hear through your mind’s ears. Auditory imagery includes enjoyable
sound, noise, and silence.

Example
The palay stalks were losing their trampled, wind-swept look and stirring into little, almost inaudible
whispers.

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

Example
The sweet aroma of black coffee from the kitchen is tempting me.
Gustatory is something that you can taste through your mind’s tongue. Gustatory imagery includes
sweetness, sourness, saltiness, spiciness, and savoriness.

Example
I will never forget the spicy bagoong on top of sliced crunchy mango.

Tactile is something that you can touch through your mind’s skin. Tactile imagery includes temperature,
texture, touch, and movement. (Literary Terms, 2015)

Example
It was a voice too deep and throaty for a woman but beneath it one could detect a gentle, smooth nuance,
soft as silk.

Activity II: The following lines are quoted from the “Harvest”. 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.