Sensory Detail in Writing How to Incorporate Sensory Detail in Writing

Are facts that are collected through the 5 senses. Sensory Details Are facts that are collected through the 5 senses.

Use sensory details in writing to give the read a clear idea of what you are describing. Example

Ask What do you see? What do you hear? What do you feel? What do you smell? What do you taste?

Sight Sound Touch Taste Smell Brilliant Clamor Cool Bland Foul Dingy Hiss Dusty Creamy Perfumed Gloomy Mumble Fluffy Gingery Putrid Shadowy Rant Gooey Nauseating Spicy Striped Squeal Prickly Peppery Sweet Tarnished Thud Slippery Rotten Rancid Twinkling Whimper Velvety Scrumptious Musty

Revising a Descriptive Paragraph Have I created a strong impression? Have I created a vivid mental image through the use of sensory details? Have I used concrete words/descriptive adjectives? Do my details support the main idea of the paragraph?

Activity Choose a picture or item close to you. Without naming what the picture or item is, Write a paragraph describing it using sensory details We will read it in class and See if we can guess what’s in the picture or what the item is that you describe.

Works Cited http://www.perucsd.org/claundree/sensoryword20list.pdf http://mrstolin.wikispaces.com/file/view/Sensory+Details,+powerpoint,+pdf.pdf http://www.ehow.com/info_12016990_activities-teaching-sensory-details.html