Dialogue Descriptive Language and Sensory Detail

Narrative Unit

By Dana Dupont

​Learning Target: We will learn how to use descriptive writing to improve our writing.

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Success Criteria: I can make above an 80% on my this Quizziz assignment. ​

Narrative Unit

We have covered:

• Dialogue

• Adjectives

• Figurative Language: Similes and Metaphors

• ​Sensory Details

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Today we will review and add powerful verbs and adjectives. ​

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Adjectives

​Words that describe nouns.

The bewildered man couldn't find his phone.

Kay was adventurous she loved to travel and try new things. ​

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Multiple Choice

Choose the adjective in the sentence.

The warm sunshine made me smile.

• warm

• sunshine

• me

• smle

Multiple Choice

Choose the adjective in the sentence.

The girl smell the fresh flowers that bloomed in the garden.

• girl

• fresh

• flowers

• bloomed

Multiple Choice

Choose the adjective in the sentence.

We went to an exciting basketball game on Saturday.

• we

• exciting

• basketball

• Saturday

Multiple Choice

Choose the adjective.

The stadium was so large we had a hard time finding our seats.

• stadium/large

• large/we

• large/hard

• finding/seats

Multiple Choice

Find the adjective.

Once we found our seats, we ordered delicious popcorn.

• Once

• found

• ordered

• delicious

Open Ended

Look at the following adjectives and choose one to use in a sentence.

Defening (very noisy)

excruciating (very painful)

devastating (upsetting)

Open Ended

Look at the following adjectives and choose one to use in a sentence.

Thrilled (excited)

Mind-Blowing (amazing)

Miraculous (fortunate or a miracle)

Similes: words that compare nouns using like or as.

• ​That knife is as sharp as a razor.

• He's as sick as a dog.

• It was as big as an elephant.

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Metaphors: words that compare nouns without using like or as.

• The cast on his broken leg was a plaster shackle.

• Laughter is the music of the soul.

• America is a melting pot.

Figurative Language

Multiple Choice

Figurative Language

What is being compared in the following simile?

Sam was as brave as a lion when he decided not to fight the kid who insulted his friend.

• Sam to brave

• brave to lion

• Sam to lion

• kid to friend

Multiple Choice

Figurative Language

What is being compared in the following metaphor?

It was raining cats and dogs this morning on my way into work.

• raining to cats

• dogs to cats

• raining to morning

• raining to cats and dogs

Open Ended

Figurative Language

Similes

Retype and complete the sentence.

The boy was as _______as a _______.

Open Ended

Figurative Language

Metaphor

Retype and complete the following sentence.

__________ is the light of my life.

Open Ended

Figurative Language

Create a sentence that uses a simile or metaphor.

Remember compare two nouns.

Sensory Details

Sensory details are words that stir any of the five senses: touch, taste, sound, smell, and sight.

They give a point of reference for the reader, so they can relate and picture what is being said.

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Instead of saying....

She drank the lemonade.

We could say....

She felt her tongue tingle as she sipped the frosty glass of tart, sugary lemonade.”

Multiple Choice

Sensory Details

What sense is being used in the following sentence?

The streets glistened like shiny ornaments after the rain.

• See

• Smell

• Taste

• Touch

• Hear

Multiple Choice

Sensory Details

What sense is being used in the following sentence?

The walls shook and vibrated like the tail of a rattle snake.

• See

• Smell

• Taste

• Touch

• Hear

Multiple Choice

Sensory Details

What sense is being used in the following sentence?

The baking cake filled the kitchen with aroma of vanilla.

• See

• Smell

• Taste

• Touch

• Hear

Multiple Choice

Sensory Details

What sense is being used in the following sentence?

The puppy’s nose was dry like sandpaper.

• See

• Smell

• Taste

• Touch

• Hear

Multiple Choice

Sensory Details

What sense is being used in the following sentence?

Sweet, juicy strawberries were a great addition to my ice cream.

• See

• Smell

• Taste

• Touch

• Hear

Open Ended

Sensory Details

Write a sentence that uses "see."

Remember this is where your amazing adjectives come in. Describe in detail what is being seen.

Open Ended

Sensory Details

Write a sentence that uses "hear."

Use amazing adjectives.

Open Ended

Sensory Details

Write a sentence that uses "taste."

Use a simile or metaphor and compare something to food.

Open Ended

Sensory Details

Write a sentence that uses "smell."

Use a simile or metaphor and compare something to that has a good or bad smell.

Open Ended

Sensory Details

Write a sentence that uses "touch."

Use those great adjectives and vividly describe what is being touched.

Poll

Do you feel you could use dialogue, sensory details, adjectives, and figurative language in an original story created by you?

• Absolutley

• Yes, but I will a little help.

• Maybe, I am still trying to figure it all out.

• No