Owl Moon Sensory Details Quiz

What are sensory details in literature?

• Factual information about the author's life

• Details that appeal to the five senses

• Details that evoke a specific feeling

• Historical background of the story

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

How are sensory details used in Owl Moon?

• To bore the reader

• To distract the reader

• To confuse the reader

• To create a vivid reading experience for the reader.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

Describe imagery created in Owl Moon.

• The sun setting over the ocean

• People having a picnic in a park

• Characters riding a bicycle through the city

• The moon shining through the trees as the characters walk in the woods.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is an example a sensory detail used to help the reader imagine what the characters can hear?

• Including taste and touch sensations

• Pa turned on his big flashlight and caught the owl.

• The moon shining on the snow.

• Somewhere behind us, a train whistle blew.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

What is an example from the text that shows the reader how something must feel.

• Pa smiled, then I called back.

• After each call, he was silent for a moment.

• I sighed and Pa held up his hand at the sound.

• We watched silently with the heat in our mouths.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

How does the author show the sense of touch in Owl Moon?

• Describing hot chocolate's taste

• describing the owl's hoot

• Describing a colorful sunset

• Describing the cold air and the scarf against the face

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

What is something the characters would have smelled in Owl Moon

• Banana trees, warm air

• Cereal and milk

• hot chocolate

• Pine trees, mittens, and scarves

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

Which sense does this quote ask the reader to imagine?

"The moon was high above us. It seemed to fit exactly over the center of the clearing and the snow below it was whiter than the milk in the cereal bowl."

• sight

• taste

• sound

• smell

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

Which sense does this quote ask the reader to imagine?

"I could feel the cold, as if someone's icy hand was palm-down on my back. And my nose and the tops of my cheeks felt cold and hot at the same time."

• taste

• touch

• sight

• smell

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

Which sense does the reader imagine the following quote?

"A farm dog answered the train, and then a second dog joined in. They sang out, trains and dogs."

• sound

• smell

• touch

• sight

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4