Creative Writing Imagery: Visual and Auditory

Creative Writing Imagery: Visual and Auditory

1. Use imagery to evoke meaningful responses from readers Ryan Leyco Faura | Teacher Creative Writing | Week 1

2. Objective, deconstructed

3. Song Exploder 01 Or any piece of art that we interject to start the learning Sneak Preview 02 Bite-sized challenges to whet your appetite for fun and games Mini Challenge 03 The demystification of the topic at hand Discussion 04 That one activity to rule them all, not necessarily in grandeur or complexity, but of points Maxi Challenge

4. Song Exploder

5. Pocahontas “Have you ever heard the wolf-cry to the blue-corn moon?”

6. This was the theme song to  Pocahontas , the hugely popular animated Disney film about the Native American princess who saved the life of American explorer John Smith, ultimately contributing to the founding of the United States. The song finds Pocahontas chastising Smith for his arrogance and ignorance, telling him that he doesn't understand the wonders of nature. The line "Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?" is where she makes the point that even though he stakes his claim to the Earth, he doesn't know how to nurture it. About the Song

7. Mini Challenge

8. Look around you. List down the things that you can consider to be ‘imagery’.

9. I beg you to know this! Imagery is not all for eyes.

10. Practical exercise

11. VISUAL It appeals to the reader’s sense of sight by describing something the speaker or narrator sees. Concept 1 Concept 2 Without a doubt, this is the most common form of imagery. As we now know, it evokes vivid images of the characters and scenery.

12. In the hard-packed dirt of the midway, after the glaring lights are out and the people have gone to bed, you will find a veritable treasure of popcorn fragments, frozen custard dribblings , candied apples abandoned by tired children, sugar fluff crystals, salted almonds, popsicles, partially gnawed ice cream cones and wooden sticks of lollipops. (Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White)

13. A gainst the bluest sky I have ever seen were clouds of all shapes: A clown, a child blowing bubbles, the rock of Gibraltar, the Buckingham Palace and, most bizarrely, separated from the vast expanse, a cat chasing a spool of thread. ( Cumulus, Ryan Leyco Faura )

14. AUDITORY It a ppeals to the reader’s sense of hearing or sound. It may include music and other pleasant sounds, harsh noises, or silence. Concept 1 Concept 2  In literature, it means to use words and  literary devices  in a way that they make readers experience sounds when reading poetry or  prose .

15. Now small fowls flew screaming over the yet yawning gulf; a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago . ( Moby Dick, Herman Meville

16. I walked the miles and went home. I plugged the iPod on my ear. Adele burst into tearful tirade. ( A Tale of Two Tickets, Ryan Leyco Faura )

17. T h e AV Club He took her hand and led her to the edge of the cliff. The verdant glades that spread before them dazzled her with every shade of green. The tall trees loomed over me, lightly swaying in the breeze. I could hear a rabbit scurry across the forest floor and feel the crack of the twigs underneath my feet. The great clock strikes twelve, the chimes cutting through the noisy hustle and bustle of the city. The incessant honks of impatient drivers fill my ears whilst the faint melody from the guitar of a street busker sounds in the distance.

18. T h e AV Club The sea awoke at midnight from its sleep, And round the pebbly beaches far and wide I heard the first wave of the rising tide Rush onward with uninterrupted sweep; A voice out of the silence of the deep, A sound mysteriously multiplied As of a cataract from the mountain’s side, Or roar of winds upon a wooded steep. Together, they sat at the shoreline. The shimmering sun was sinking into the sea and, as it disappeared, she told him they’d never meet again. She couldn’t sleep. So, she got out of bed, trailed through the delicate slips of moonlight twinkling in the frost-covered glass, and turned on the kettle.

19. Maxi Challenge

20. For 5 minutes, go around the school. Look for things that can be considered as visual or auditory imagery. Describe them in words.

21. How can you use your knowledge in Visual / Auditory Imagery to better your life?

22. What specific experiences that awakened y our senses I n the past remember them? Y ou have had a nd why you will

23. Thank you for wanting to learn today!