Sensory Language Mrs. Carrie Hunnicutt 6th Grade Reading and Language Arts 2013-2014 What are the 5 senses? Sight Sound Taste Touch Smell Writers use language … to paint a picture in the reader’s mind. One way a writer can do this is by writing about things using his or her senses. Using Your Senses! Writers write about things they might see, hear, feel, smell or taste to help make the story seem more real. Sensory language language that uses words from the 5 senses. Sight Words that make your reader see what you see Write about colors, movement, shapes, and appearance Examples: ◦ Aqua, red, teal ◦ Rushing, fast, slow ◦ Bouncy, pointy, straight ◦ Square, round ◦ Pretty, dull, ugly Sound Words that make your reader hear what you hear Talk about loudness, softness, and speech Examples: ◦ booming, blaring, noisy, screeching, ◦ crying, crackling, sizzling ◦ whispering Touch Words that make your reader touch what you touch Tactile feeling and emotional feeling are closely connected Examples: ◦ Bumpy, cold, cool, crisp, damp ◦ Dry, dull, elastic, fleshy, fragile ◦ Furry, fuzzy, gritty, hairy, icy Taste Words that make your reader taste what you taste Examples: ◦ Bitter, bittersweet, bland, sour ◦ Burnt, buttery, cheesy ◦ Crispy, fishy, fruity Smell Words that make your reader smell what you smell Smell in particularly is powerful and can easily trigger early memories Examples: ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ Earthy, fishy, fragrant, Fresh, rotten, savory Scented, sharp, sickly Sour, spicy If this was the setting of your story… what might you say using your senses? What would you write using your senses if this was a character in your story? What would you write using your senses if this was in your story?
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