PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Imagery
Explore the literary technique of imagery to see how sensory language contributes to the meaning and feeling of a poem in this animated video [1:23] from WNET. Discussion questions below help students to further apply their understanding...
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All: Imagine Imagery
Third graders will dive into the word "imagery," learning what it means and using what they learn to describe a color using all 5 senses.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Text and Art
Students will examine the work of artist Barbara Kruger and consider how visual media, such as in print and advertising, can be constructed to influence viewers' perceptions and behaviors. Students will create their own works of art...
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 9: Romeo and Juliet
Students explore how patterns and contrasts in language (diction, imagery, figurative language) reveal central ideas in texts and develop various motifs (light vs. dark, dreams vs. reality, high vs. low, etc.) in Romeo and Juliet. They...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Welcome Home Balto Lesson Plan: Molly of Denali
This lesson, based on the animated story "Welcome Home Balto" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, helps children use visual imagery to enhance comprehension while listening to and reading informational texts. After Molly hears the...
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Literary Terms F R
The second of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, F - R, covers forty-seven terms from "Fable," to "Romance."
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Imagery
This is a glossary entry that defines the term "Imagery."
Other
Space Images
Discover brilliant, ominous images of our solar system from space exploration's cutting edge technology. Although this is a commercial site that sells these images, they are still educational and fun to look at.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Imagery Chart [Pdf]
A short graphic organizer for students in studying the literary element of imagery. Includes a definition and chart with five sections with examples, one for each of the senses.
Quia
Quia: Word Choice and Tone Quiz
This interactive series of questions assesses students' understanding of the impact of word choice on the tone of a passage. Students will identify the correct tone used in sentences, paragraphs, and poems.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: "Maples" Visualization
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Judith Pordon's "Maples." Imagery is blue while personification is red and archetype is green. Click on any word to see the percentage of users that...
University of Virginia Library
Prism: "Sailing to Byzantium" Visualization
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted an excerpt from William Butler Yeats' "Sailing to Byzantium." Details that show aging are blue, nature imagery details are red, and body descriptions are...
TES Global
Blendspace: Sensory Details
A five-part learning module with links to images and videos about sensory details and using sensory language.
TES Global
Blendspace: 3rd Grade Poetry Investigation
A learning module with thirty-one links to texts, videos, images, websites, and slides on different types and forms of poetry as well as poetic imagery, rhyme, figurative language use, and more.
Other
Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms
Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Helen Keller: The Story of My Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart uses Helen Keller: The Story of My Life from the 2003 edition of The Language of Literature. Students will discuss the story as well as learn concepts such as point of view, conflict,...
SMART Technologies
Smart: Poetry Games
Students will use this interactive exercise to play with words to strengthen their imaginations and their enjoyment of poetry in this SMART whiteboard activity.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Imagery
This site from The UVic Writer's Guide provides a brief description of the literary term "imagery."
Curated OER
Imagery
Victorian web provides explanation of imagery and information on the authors that use this tool.