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.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.W.2.3

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

• hear
• taste
• smell
• touch

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

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.L.2.6

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

• Sight
• Sound
• Touch 
• Taste

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

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

The aroma of freshly baked Indian bread filled the air. 

• hear
• touch
• see
• smell

Tags

CCSS.L.2.6

The sun gleamed as bright as a lamp.

• smell
• touch
• taste
• see

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

What is Imagery?

• A snapchat photo you post

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

• A funny joke