Textual details and evidence

What sense is being engaged most in this example:

the streets glistened like shiny ornaments after the rain

• Touch

• Taste

• Sight

• Smell

• Hearing

Why do authors include imagery in their stories?

• To interest the reader

• To create images in the reader's mind as they read

• To make the story entertaining

• All of the above

Which sentence is the best way to rewrite the following sentence to make it more descriptive?

The bad boy threw his mom's keys into the toilet.

• The bad boy tossed his mom's car keys into the white toilet.

• The naughty boy threw his mom's keys into the old toilet.

• The little devil of a boy spiked his mom's Jeep keys into the old, musty toilet.

• The bay boy tossed his mom's keys into the smelly toilet.

Uses different visual and descriptive elements that appeal to the reader's sense of sight.

What kind of imagery does this drawing symbolize?

• Visual imagery

• Auditory imagery

• Olfactory imagery

• Tactile imagery

• Gustatory imagery

The song Pink Moon appeals to our ____ sense.

• auditory

• gustatory

• olfactory

• visual

Writers use _____________ -they they saw, heard, touched, smelled, and tasted. 

• sensory details
• main ideas
• pictures
• mood

Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?
The monster had bright green, scaly skin with purple freckles, and orange tufts of fur on his head.

• taste
• sight
• touch
• smell

Imagery that describes texture.

• visual

• tactile

• organic

• olfactory

What are your 5 senses? Check each one.

• SIGHT

• SOUND

• TASTE

• TOUCH

• SMELL