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Sensory Details

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which image best fits this description: A run down orange car. The car has no front left tire and is also very rusty. The car looks to be a two person car. The front left side of the car is almost completely destroyed. The car looks like it was in a fire.

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

What do you imagine when you read this description: Rows of candy and the rows are made of piles of

candy. Each type of candy has a different pile but

there are no dividers some of the piles have different

colors of candy but they are still the same kind of

candy.

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.

What do you imagine when you read this description: Very large piles of gummy candies with many

different colors.

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

What do you imagine when you read this description: Happy, soft, young, tiny, annoying, playful.

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

What do you imagine when you read this description: The perfect summer day when your just outside

doing stuff like sports

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

Which of the following describes the sense of smell.

a)

He bit into the juicy apple.

b)

His breath was minty fresh when we spoke.

c)

His eyes were as blue as the ocean.

d)

He was singing like an injured cat.

7.

Which one of these sentences uses the sense of touch?

a)

The fruit tasted sweet.

b)

We heard a dog barking next door.

c)

The thorn on the rose felt sharp.

d)

The smell of pepper stings brought tears to his eyes.

8.
Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?
The monster had bright green, scaly skin with purple freckles, and orange tufts of fur on his head.
a)
taste
b)
sight
c)
touch
d)
smell
9.
These are examples of which sense?
loud, crunch, bark, slam, boom
a)
touch
b)
sound
c)
smell
d)
taste
10.
These are examples of which sense?
Sour, sweet, tangy, delicious, gross
a)
taste
b)
smell
c)
sight
d)
touch
11.
These are examples of which sense?
bright, dark, shiny, dull, colorful
a)
sound
b)
sight
c)
taste
d)
touch
12.
Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?
The warm juicy burger felt like heaven on my tongue.
a)
taste
b)
touch
c)
sight
d)
smell
13.
Which sensory detail does this statement appeal to?
The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house.
a)
sound
b)
sight
c)
touch
d)
taste
14.
Which sentence from the selection best appeals to the reader's sense of sight.
a)
"It was late in the day when they departed."
b)
They marched into the woods that surrounded their underground home."
c)
"Long shadows stretched over the entrance to the ant kingdom."
d)
"One by one, the insects climbed out."
15.
Read the sentence from the selection,
"Without warning, huge cold drops fell on the marching ants."
This sentence best appeals to the reader's sense of __________.
a)
Sight
b)
Touch/Feel
c)
Hearing
d)
Smell
16.
It was too dark to see in the cave, but I tasted the tang of salt on my lips.  I must be near the ocean!  Excited, I moved toward the salty spray. 
What sense did the writer describe?
a)
smell
b)
sound
c)
taste
d)
sight
17.
A writer describes the smell of a forest fire.  Which of the following would be a good sensory detail to include?
a)
the number of forests that there are in town
b)
the fear that she has about the fire spreading
c)
the strong and smoky smell reminds her of toasting marshmallows
d)
the number of times she's been to the forest
18.
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?
a)
smell
b)
sight
c)
sound
d)
touch
19.
This sentence appeals to which sense:

The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry sauce reminded him of his youth.
a)
taste
b)
sound
c)
sight
d)
smell
20.

What sense is being engaged most in this example:


The walls shook and vibrated like the tail of a rattle snake

a)

Touch

b)

Taste

c)

Sight

d)

Smell

e)

Hearing