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

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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

• Smell

• Sight

• Touch

• Emotion

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• None of the above

• Hearing

• Touch

• Sight

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4