Exploring Sensory Details and the Five Senses

What are sensory details used for in writing?

• To introduce characters

• To provide background information

• To describe something in depth using the five senses

• To summarize the main idea

Which of the following is NOT one of the five senses used in sensory details?

• Smell

• Sight

• Touch

• Emotion

What makes a detail a sensory detail?

• It summarizes the plot

• It describes something in depth using one of the five senses

• It provides a general overview

• It includes a character's thoughts

In the example 'The boy flung himself down in the mud flinging it all over the place,' which sense is primarily used?

• Hearing

• Touch

• Sight

• Smell

Which senses are involved in the description 'The house was old and creaky with long dark hallways and a rotten smell'?

• Taste and Smell

• Hearing and Smell

• Sight and Touch

• Sight, Hearing, and Smell

What sense is primarily used in the example 'The moment the milk hit her lips she felt that something was off, the rancid taste confirmed'?

• Hearing

• Taste

• Touch

• Sight

Which sense is NOT described in the example 'He stood on a table'?

• None of the above

• Hearing

• Touch

• Sight

In the example 'Her fingers crashed into the piano keys causing a cacophony of sound to slam the room,' which senses are involved?

• Hearing and Smell

• Taste and Touch

• Sight and Smell

• Touch and Hearing

What senses are described in 'Her soft brown hair fluttered around her in the breeze and he could smell her perfume as it wafted on the sweet summer air'?

• Sight and Hearing

• Sight and Smell

• Touch and Taste

• Hearing and Smell

Which of the following is a correct definition of a sensory detail?

• A brief summary of a scene

• A list of events in a story

• A description that uses the five senses to describe something

• A character's internal monologue