Narrative Writing-Transitional Words and Sensory Details

NARRATIVE WRITING

​Sensory details tell how things look, sound, smell, feel and taste.

​SENSORY DETAILS

Good writers use sensory details.

​EXAMPLE: I sat on the sofa.

I sank down onto the worn, threadbare sofa, burying my face in its faded fabric, where I could very faintly smell yesterday’s dinner, and the dog, and my brother’s cologne . . . all mingling together into a single scent called home.

​Developing Sentences with Sense

Open Ended

Write 4 sentences explaining what you saw, hear, smell, taste and feel. Use the sentence starter below:

I was at the amusement park

Multiple Choice

A transition word and transition phrases........

• are similar in meaning

• are used to link together different events in your story.

• are opposite in meaning

• gives a description of the characters

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Celeste sat quietly in the cold night air, all her senses aware of her surroundings. ​ ​

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​​ , the full moon lit the night sky like a lantern, both illuminating and casting shadows on the snowy landscape beneath it. ​ ​ ​

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a gray wolf howled, calling to Celeste across the snowy meadow from the slopes of the snow-capped mountains. ​ ​ ​ ​

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, Celeste’s ancestors had trekked to this same spot. They had forged a relationship with the wolves and the mountains and the moon. ​ ​​

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, it was Celeste’s turn to take up the responsibility of those who had come before her. Raising her eyes to the moon and her arms to the mountains, she returned the wolves’ call

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Overhead

In the distance

Long ago

Now

First of all

Instantly

As a result

Poll

How do you feel about that activity?

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Jordon felt his racing heart catch in his throat, his breathing becoming faster. He felt lightheaded, even dizzy, as he looked down from the top of the platform attached to the bridge over the canyon. ​

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, when his friends had suggested bungee-jumping from the bridge, he’d thought it sounded like great fun, a real adventure! ​

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, he was definitely having second thoughts. ​

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, he inched forward on the platform, keenly aware that everyone was watching him. ​

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, determined not to let his fear keep him from taking the plunge, Li Xun closed his eyes and tilted his body forward into tthe open space.

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Initially

But now

Little by little

Eventually

Simultaneously

Quickly

once

Open Ended

Choose at least TWO transition words or phrases from the boxes to enhance a paragraph from your narrative that logically connects the sentences. Underline or highlight the transition words or phrases you used. Also use a sensory words to show what you see, hear, feel, taste and smell,

first of all

overhead

instantly

long ago

as a result

now

in the distance

rather

later that day/night

Poll

I am successful as I can write a story using transition words and sensory details.

• YES

• No