Sensory Language Practice

What is "sensory language"?

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

• language that has been banned by your parents and teachers

• language that is not very descriptive

• language that is unfamiliar to the reader

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

By mistake, I grabbed a pink sticky mound of gum from under the table. 

• hear
• taste
• smell
• touch

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which sense is being appealed to in this sentence?

I didn't want to get out of my warm, cozy bed this morning.

• smell

• taste

• sound

• touch

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Which sense is being appealed to in this sentence?

The hot soup burned my tongue and made it numb.

• smell

• sight

• touch

• taste

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What type of imagery is this?
The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house

• Sight
• Sound
• Touch 
• Taste

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

It was too dark to see in the cave, but I tasted the tang of salt on my lips.  I must be near the ocean!  Excited, I moved toward the salty spray. 
What sense did the writer describe?

• smell
• sound
• taste
• sight

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Although he was blind, Gino's nose told him that he had to find shelter.  The scent of rain filled the air.
What sense did the writer describe?

• smell
• sight
• sound
• touch

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

The aroma of freshly baked Indian bread filled the air. 

• hear
• touch
• see
• smell

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

The sun gleamed as bright as a lamp.

• smell
• touch
• taste
• see

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is Imagery?

• A snapchat photo you post

• The use of language appealing to one or more of the five senses

• A funny joke

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4