Descriptive Details

Why is it important to use descriptive details?

• They are not important. They are a waste of time.

• They help readers picture what is going on in your story.

• They help to make the story flow from one idea to the next smoothly.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Descriptive writing ...

• tells a story.

• paints a picture of a person, place, thing or event in your mind.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Descriptive writing ...

• include details about myself.

• uses descriptive words that engage our five senses.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Parts of a descriptive writing are

• details, you can picture it, seems almost real

• you can not understand it

• it is not real

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Lando couldn't believe it.  The beast couldn't be from this world.  It was at least 10 feet tall and moving with more speed than any two-legged animal that Lando knew of. 
What sense did the writer describe?

• smell

• sight

• sound

• touch

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What sense is this sentence talking about?

The monster had bright green, scaly skin with purple freckles, and orange tufts of fur on his head.

• taste

• sight

• touch

• smell

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What are the words that used to describe the blanket?

• black only

• silky and soft only

• black, soft, silky

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Stephanie fell and felt the sting as sharp thorns tore at her bare skin and clothes. What sense did the writer describe?

• smell

• sight

• sound

• touch

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The goats' fur is warm and soft.

What sense is the sentence talking about?

• Taste

• Sight

• Sound

• Touch

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What are sensory details?

• Using words in a creative and imaginative way.

• details in writing that appeal to the 5 senses.

• "sound" words that mimic the sound of an action or object it refers to.

• Writing that means exactly what it says.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5