Question

1. imagery is language that appeals to one or more of the senses—sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. images create mental pictures for readers. visual imagery (sight) tactile imagery (touch) auditory imagery (hearing) as you read the following paragraph, try to imagine yourself as one of the people in the scene. think about similar experiences that you have had in extremely cold weather or in this kind of setting. then, answer the questions that follow. the two young skaters were anxious to replace their shoes with the skates that would take them gliding in wide circles across the ice. as they walked out of the forest to the lake, jobeth and william could feel the air bite on their cheeks above their scarves. they had already passed the familiar neighborhood houses, each made cozy and warm with its burning fireplace. several ice fishermen had staked out their posts at the end of the lake. each sat, hunched over and unmoving on a tree stump, a small stool, or an old crate, next to the holes they had cut in the ice and waiting for the pull of a hungry fish. 1. would you see paved streets and highways? 2. what kind of noises would you hear? 3. what might you smell? 4. how would the air feel?

Explanation:

1. Analyze the scene described. It is a lakeside scene with skaters and ice - fishermen, no mention of paved streets or highways.
2. Consider typical sounds in such a cold, lakeside environment.
3. Think about scents associated with the elements described like fireplaces and cold air.
4. Recall the description of the air biting on cheeks.

Answer:

1. No
2. Sounds of ice cracking, wind blowing, skates on ice, and perhaps the occasional call of the fishermen.
3. Smoke from the burning fireplaces in the houses and the fresh, cold air.
4. Cold and biting, as it is described as biting on their cheeks.