1. Sensory Detail in Writing
How to Incorporate
Sensory Detail in Writing

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

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

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

5. 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

6. 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?

7. 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.

8. Works Cited