L.ESSOI* t: SEilSORy DEIAI-S

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Exploret Sensory Details

Sensory details appeal to the senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.They help give readers a first-hand experience of what a writer is describing.They also help readers understand a writer's thoughts and feelings.

Sensory details help writers develop apersonal voice.

Senpry details help readers see,

hear, smell, taste, and feel what is

being described.

A. Read each sentence. Then circle the sense that the underlined details appeal to most.

@[l The frigid water numbed my feet as I walked a long the beach.

sight sound

1. The smoky campfire gave our clothes an air of burnt wood.

touch sound smell

2. A toothy grin spread across her face when she heard the good news.

sight

3. My finger traced the chipped and cracked

sight sound

Read the passage. Then answer the questions.

I grabbed the rope and slowly started to climb. My hands were tender frompracticing all weekend. My gym shorts were more slippery than the jeans I hadbeen wearing.

Underline the sensory details in the passage.

To what sense does each detail appeal?

Sensory details help readersunderstand a writer's thoughts andfeelings.

sound

stone surface of the statue.

touch

touchB.

1.

2.

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3. what do the sensory detairs teil you about rope ctimbing?

Writer's Companion. UNIT 1

Lesson 1 Sensory Details