Sensory Details

What are sensory details?

• Descriptions that appeal to our 5 senses

• Personal reflections or feelings

• Memories that we have had

• Real life experiences in writing

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which sentence is the best example of sensory details?

• I like chocolate.

• Chocolate is made from roasted, ground cacao seeds.

• Chocolate is delicious and I love to eat it.

• The chocolate melted on my tongue as I placed the heart shaped candy into my mouth.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following describes the sense of smell.

• He bit into the juicy apple.

• His breath was minty fresh when we spoke.

• His eyes were as blue as the ocean.

• He was singing like an injured cat.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which sentence has stronger sensory details?

• I ate a big piece of cake.

• I ate a scrumptious piece of chocolate cake that was the size of a mountain and tasted like a dream.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which sentence has stronger sensory details?

• Saturday was such a beautiful day.

• Saturday's weather was so delightfully warm with not a single cloud floating through the baby blue sky.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which sentence has stronger sensory details?

• The room was decorated with paper streamers that looked like ocean waves when they rustled and cheerful balloons that smiled at the happy guests.

• The room looked really nice for the birthday party.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which sentence has stronger sensory details?

• The smell floating from the garbage pail was an unpleasant combination of onions, banana peels, and old coffee.

• The garbage pailed smelled so bad.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?

The sweet perfume of the flowers filled the room.

• sight

• touch

• taste

• smell

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which sentence has stronger sensory details?

• When I fell off my bike, I hurt my arm.

• After falling off my bike, my arm hurt so much that it felt like a hammer was pounding on my elbow.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which sentence has stronger sensory details?

• The snow was so pretty all over the ground.

• When I peered at the snow through my bedroom window, it looked like a fluffy white blanket was spead out all over my backyard.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4