the use of language to create a mental picture or sensory experience for the reader or listener

the feeling or mood created in a section or whole of a text

Exploring imagery in 'Eastbourne' by Joseph Coelho

English

In ’Poetry of place’, pupils explored a sense of place and wrote about settings significant to them. In ’No Country and Frizzy: graphic novels exploring identity and belonging', pupils will explore how identity and belonging can be portrayed through settings and characterisation in the graphic novel form.

In 'Poetry about migration', pupils explored poetry through music lyrics describing a person's thoughts, feelings and emotions. In ’Poetry of Place’, pupils engage with a range of settings through several poets and their work.

Poetry of place

the use of language to create a mental picture or sensory experience

True or false? Eastbourne is in the North of England.

Eastbourne is located in the North of England.

Which of the following are true about Eastbourne?

Which of the following senses does the description of the "sunset" appeal to?

True or false? The poet describes Eastbourne using positive imagery.

Which of these best describes the atmosphere created in the poem?

the overall structure or organisation of a poem

a poetic device that compares two things using 'like' or 'as'

a way of describing and comparing something by saying that it is something else

What is a suitable definition of a simile?

What is a suitable definition of a metaphor?

a poetic device that uses words that imitate or suggest the sound they describe

drawing conclusions or making interpretations based on clues

 a way of describing a non-living thing as if it acts or feels like a human

What is a suitable definition of personification?

white cliffs overlooking the sparkling sea

Which of the following are visual descriptions?

Which of the following are aural descriptions?

Introduction

What will you need for this lesson?

Are you ready to learn?

Equipment

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