What is sensory language?
What are the 5 senses?
What are sight, sound, smell, taste, or touch?
The campfire crackled and popped in the silence.
What is sound?
The thunder across the sky.
What is boomed?
The blanket was soft and warm.
What is soft and warm?
The locker room reeked of sweat and socks.
What is reeked of sweat and socks?
Language that evokes or stirs up the reader's senses.
What is sensory language?
The apple was crisp and sweet with a hint of tartness.
What is taste?
Her dress shimmered under the stage lights.
What is shimmered?
The ice cube was freezing and slippery.
What is freezing and slippery?
The soup was salty and spicy.
What is salty and spicy?
It helps readers visualize and feel the experiences described in the text.
What is sensory writing?
The hallway reeked of gym socks and sweat.
What is smell?
The baby let out a high-pitched wail.
What is high-pitched wail?
The sandpaper felt rough against my fingers.
What is rough?
The apple was crisp and tart.
What is bitter and chalky?
Sensory writing engages the reader and makes the story more immersive.
What is true?
The velvet curtain brushed my fingertips like water.
What is touch?
The snow sparkled like diamonds in the sunlight.
What is sparkled like diamonds?
The kitten’s fur was silky and smooth.
What is silky and smooth?
The garbage had a sour, rotten odor.
What is sour, rotten odor?
Sensory writing helps readers experience a scene by showing details through _____________________, rather than simply telling what happens.
What are the five senses?
The lightning lit up the sky in jagged streaks.
What is sight?
The garden overflowed with red tulips and green vines.
What is red tulips and green vines?
The wind howled through the trees.
What is poked into my bare feet
The campfire smelled like burning wood.
What is burning wood?