1. Mrs. Carrie Hunnicutt 6th Grade Reading and Language Arts 2013-2014
Sensory Language
Mrs. Carrie Hunnicutt
6th Grade Reading and Language Arts

2. What are the 5 senses?
Sight
Sound
Taste
Touch
Smell

3. to paint a picture in the reader’s mind.
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.

4. Using Your Senses!
Writers write about things they might see, hear, feel, smell or taste to help make the story seem more real.

5. Sensory language
language that uses words from the 5 senses.

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Taste Words that make your reader taste what you taste Examples:
Bitter, bittersweet, bland, sour
Burnt, buttery, cheesy
Crispy, fishy, fruity

10. 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

11. If this was the setting of your story… what might you say using your senses?

12. What would you write using your senses if this was a character in your story?

13. What would you write using your senses if this was in your story?