Descriptive Language That Appeals to the Five Senses
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Sensory Language
Can also be referred to as imagery. Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses. Helps the reader to feel, see, smell, taste, hear what is being described. Can be used to describe characters, objects, and setting.
From The Great Gatsby
1. List examples of sensory language.
2. What senses are being appealed to?
3. What is being described?
From Their Eyes Were Watching God
1. List examples of sensory language.
2. What senses are being appealed to?
3. What is being described?
From Ethan Frome
1. List examples of sensory language.
2. What senses are being appealed to?
3. What is being described? Practice: Write a paragraph using as much sensory language as you can about one of the following topics.
1. Describe your favorite room in your house.
2. Describe any outdoor space.
3. Choose an object in the room and describe it.
4. Choose a real or fictional person and describe them.
5. Describe an action from a scene of your favorite movie.
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