Sensory Details and Figurative Language

The car is a dinosaur, so we better buy a new one.
What is the meaning of the metaphor highlighted green? 

• The car is very old.

• The car was truly made in prehistoric times.

• The car is very new.

• The car makes rude noises.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The fog crept across the lake, is an example of:

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• personification

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personificati

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The sun smiled after the rain stopped. 

• Personification

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Barefoot, The warm mud molds my feet.

• see

• hear

• touch

• taste

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The aroma of freshly baked Indian bread filled the air. 

• hear

• touch

• see

• smell

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The sun gleamed as bright as a lamp.

• smell

• touch

• taste

• see

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Why do authors use sensory language?

• It is a way for a writer to help the reader see or connect with their story

• All stories must have sensory language or they become poems.

• without censorship, kids may be exposed to bad writing.

• nobody knows for sure, but it probably has to do with the STAAR test

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5