Sensory details

A writer describes the smell of a forest fire.  Which of the following would be a good sensory detail to include?

• the number of forests that there are in town
• the fear that she has about the fire spreading
• the strong and smoky smell reminds her of toasting marshmallows
• the number of times she's been to the forest

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Barefoot, The warm mud molds my feet.

• see
• hear
• touch
• taste

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

How is figurative language different than imagery?

• Imagery is related specifically to metaphors

• Figurative language is figures of speech that are not literal

• Figurative language is the overall term that describes words that appeal to senses

• Imagery is focused on the themes of the story

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What kind of sense describes what something feels like?

• touch

• taste

• hear

• smell

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

"Flash of lights in the night sky" is an example of which sensory detail?

• sound

• sight

• touch

• taste

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What did Percy's drink taste like?

• Cold apple juice.

• A chocolate shake.

• His mom's chocolate chip cookies.

• A vanilla shake.

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

 He looked swollen and a little red and purple…he had a lot of black hair. All the walls were white…He was wrapped in a white blanket and it had a red and blue stripe at the top. He looked like a burrito wrapped in it.

• Touch

• Smell

• Sight

• Sound

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

This sentence appeals to which sense:

The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward.

• sound
• sight
• smell
• touch

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Writing in a way that Iproduces powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind is writing HOW?

• slowly

• vividly

• badly

• boringly

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which example of imagery below is meant to create fear?

• "It was a bitter winter. The stormy weather was followed by sleet and snow..."

• "they dragged them [huge boulders] with desperate slowness up the slope to the quarry."

• "...with his nine huge dogs frisking round him and uttering growls that sent shivers down all the animals' spines."

• ..."his {Boxer's} breath coming fast, the tips of his hoofs clawing at the ground, and his great sides matted with sweat.."

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4