Sensory Language Quiz

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 banned by your parents and teachers

• language that is not very descriptive

• language that is unfamiliar to the reader

Tags

CCSS.W.6.3D

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 that she has about the fire spreading
• the strong and smoky smell reminds her of toasting marshmallows
• the number of times she's been to the forest

Tags

CCSS.W.6.3A

CCSS.W.6.3D

By mistake, I grabbed a pink sticky mound of gum from under the table. 

• hear
• taste
• smell
• touch

Lando couldn't believe it.  The beast couldn't be from this world.  It was at least 10 feet tall and moving with more speed than any two-legged animal that Lando knew of. 
What sense did the writer describe?

• smell
• sight
• sound
• touch

It was too dark to see in the cave, but I tasted the tang of salt on my lips.  I must be near the ocean!  Excited, I moved toward the salty spray. 
What sense did the writer describe?

• smell
• sound
• taste
• sight

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3D

Which sense is being appealed to in this sentence?

The garbage truck in front of us wreaked of hot, rotten food and used toilet paper.

• smell

• taste

• touch

• sound

Tags

CCSS.W.6.3D

Which sense is being appealed to in this sentence?

I didn't want to get out of my warm, cozy bed this morning.

• smell

• taste

• sound

• touch

Which sense is being appealed to in this sentence?

The rainbow smeared pale colors across the ash gray sky.

• sound

• taste

• smell

• sight

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which sense is being appealed to in this sentence?

The hot soup burned my tongue and made it numb.

• smell

• sight

• touch

• taste

Write 3 to 5 sentences that use sensory imagery to create a visual picture of the sentence below. You must use at least TWO types of sensory detail.

We ate ice cream this afternoon.

Tags

CCSS.W.6.3A

CCSS.W.6.3D