Sensory Details
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10th Grade
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Eden Muller
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Sensory Details
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What are sensory details
Sensory details use the five sense (sight, touch, taste, sound, smell) to make writing more descriptive.
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Multiple Choice
What are sensory details?
Details that share personal opinions
Details used to appeal to your five sense
Details used to confuse you
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Multiple Select
Which of the following are senses?
nose
sight
ears
smell
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Fill in the Blanks
Words like glance, shimmering and hazy appeal to your sense of
Type answer...
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Sensory words for sight
blurred
sparkling
glossy
faint
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Fill in the Blanks
Words like acrid, odor, reeking appeal to your sense of
Type answer...
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Sensory words for smell
aroma
pungent
whiff
rank
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Fill in the Blanks
Words like peppery, savory, refreshing appeal to your sense of
Type answer...
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Sensory words for taste
bitter
piquant
sugary
vinegary
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Fill in the Blanks
Words like bristly, silky, feathery appeal to your sense of
Type answer...
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Sensory words for touch
fluffy
coarse
slimy
prickly
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Fill in the Blanks
Words like bellow, hiss, and shriek appeal to your sense of
Type answer...
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Sensory words for sound
bellow
murmur
whimper
rant
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Poll
Which sentence best displays the use of sensory details?
My sister and I walked along the boardwalk each afternoon of our vacation. We watched the ocean and listened to the waves.
My sister and I walked along the boardwalk one afternoon on our vacation. The hot boards warmed our bare feet. We watched the foam-covered waves topple over each other and then slide back into sea. The crashing water competed with the exuberant yells from the seagulls.
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Multiple Choice
Which sentence best displays the use of sensory details?
The dog barks loud.
The howling dog can be heard from blocks away.
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Vivid and Vague Language
AKA Show and Tell
Vague Language is language that lacks descriptors (tells)
Vivid Language uses sensory details that lends to concrete, concise writing. (shows)
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Multiple Choice
Vivid or vague:
The pale turkey slices floated limply in a pool of murky fat.
Vivid
Vague
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Multiple Choice
What sense is the sentence appealing to:
The pale turkey slices floated limply in a pool of murky fat.
sight
smell
taste
touch
no clue
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Open Ended
How do you know that sense is being emphasized? (what clues are given in the sentence)
The pale turkey slices floated limply in a pool of murky fat.
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Multiple Choice
Vivid or Vague
The sprinkler was refreshing.
vague
vivid
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Multiple Choice
What sense is the sentence appealing to?
The sprinkler was refreshing.
smell
sight
touch
taste
no clue
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Open Ended
How do you know that sense is being emphasized? (what clues are given in the sentence)
The sprinkler was refreshing.
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Open Ended
Read the sentence below. Rewrite it to appeal to smell.
The baby wore a soiled pamper.
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Open Ended
Read the sentence below. Rewrite it to include descriptors that appeal to the readers sight:
The man looked dirty.
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Don't USE sensory details when...
Too many adjectives—use the MOST powerful
Too many adverbs—verbs are stronger than adverbs.
Clichéd figures of speech—overused language, such as green with envy, signals a lack of imagination.
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Resources
https://www.iup.edu/writingcenter/writing-resources/organization-and-structure/descriptive-writing/#:~:text=Sensory%20Details,sketch%20an%20impression%20in%20writing.&text=Now%2C%20consider%20this%20paragraph%20with,smell%2C%20taste%2C%20and%20touch.
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