SENSORY DETAILS
Name the five senses used in descriptive writing.
Sight, sound, smell, taste, touch.
A comparison using like or as is called a…
Simile
What is spatial order?
Organizing details based on location or direction.
What sense is used in this detail?
“The warm sand hugged my feet.”
Touch
“The wind whispered through the trees.” What device is used?
Personification
What organizational pattern describes events in the order they happened?
Chronological order
True or False: “She looked sad” is a sensory detail.
False – it tells, not shows.
Identify the metaphor: A. “Her smile was sunshine.” B. “She smiled brightly.”
A
Which pattern shows details from most important to least important?
Order of importance
Rewrite this to include a sensory detail: “The room was messy.”
“Clothes piled on the floor gave off a musty smell.”
Give one purpose of figurative language in a description essay.
To make descriptions more vivid and emotional.
Name one reason why organization matters in a descriptive essay.
It helps the reader follow and visualize the scene clearly.
Which sense is strongest in descriptive essays and why?
Sight — most details are visual and help the reader picture the scene.
Create a simile describing a storm.
“The thunder roared like a furious lion.”
Pick the BEST spatial order description: A. “First I woke up, then I ate.” B. “To your left is the river, behind it the bridge, and straight ahead the mountains.”
B