Questions about the Imagery poster

What’s on the Imagery poster?

A definition and 5 facts worth remembering. Descriptive language that appeals directly to the five senses. Example: warm bread, crackling crust; Example: the sharp bite of winter air; Example: sticky, sweet and cold; How to spot it: Ask which sense the description is aimed at.; Effect: Lets the reader experience the scene rather than be told about it.; Ask which sense the description is aimed at.. Naming it earns half the mark. Explaining its effect on the reader earns the other half.

Who is the Imagery poster for?

Imagery is filed under 6th Grade (ages 11–12), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.

When should you use the Imagery poster?

Find one in tonight's reading, name it, then say what it does. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Imagery belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Imagery?

Alliteration, Hyperbole and Idiom sit alongside Imagery in the 6th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AlliterationHyperboleIdiom

Is the Imagery poster free to download and print?

Yes. Imagery downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 6th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Imagery poster print at?

Imagery is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Imagery loses nothing.Printing guide