Poetry/Sensory Language

What is "sensory language"?

• language that connects to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) to create an image or description.

• language that is not very descriptive

• language that has been censored (censorship)

• language that is unfamiliar to the reader

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Why do authors use sensory language?

• It is a way for a writer to help the reader see or connect with their story

• without censorship, kids may be exposed to bad writing.

• All stories must have sensory language or they become poems.

• nobody knows for sure, but it probably has to do with the STAAR test

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which of the following sets of words deal mostly with the sense of SIGHT?

• small, red, wrinkled

• sweet, sour, spicy

• soft, wet, cold

• loud, soft, quiet

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Which of the following sets of words deal mostly with the sense of SOUND?

• small, red, wrinkled

• sweet, sour, spicy

• loud, quiet

• soft, cold

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which of the following sets of words deal mostly with the sense of TOUCH?

• sweet, sour, bitter

• red, yellow, rocky

• soft, rough, smooth

• loud, quiet, red

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

A grouped set of lines in a poem, like a paragraph is called _______.

• paragraph

• stanza

• line

• question

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which of the following lines from contains onomatopoeia?

• He ran to the kitchen

• Her heels clacked on the floor

• She fell asleep

• He dropped the napkin.

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Do all poems have to rhyme?

• yes

• no

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

"I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is _______

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison between 2 unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D