Sensory/Descriptive Details

What is "sensory language"?

• Language that connects to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) to create an image or description.

• Language that has been censored

• Language that is not very descriptive

• Language that is unfamiliar to the reader

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which is true about sensory details?

• The purpose is to make writing more detailed and interesting.

• They describe at least one of the senses.

• Both are true

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A writer describes the smell of a forest fire. Which of the following would be a good sensory detail to include?

• The number of forests that there are in town

• The fear she has about the fire spreading

• The strong and smokey smell reminds her of toasting marshmallows

• The number of times she has been to the forest

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"The warm mud molds my feet"

What word in the sentence describes the mud

• molds

• warm

• mud

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which is the BEST example of a sensory detail

• A magic wand broke in half

• Rattling thunder and lightening flashes

• Happy or Sad

• Talking a mile a minute

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5