Choose the sensory details that match the picture

When you write, you can use sensory details. These sense words help your reader understand what something lookssoundstastessmells or feels like.

Many sense words can describe more than one sense. For example, soft can describe a touch or a sound. And sweet can describe a taste or a smell.

Learn with an example

🎯 Look at the picture.

There are three red lollipops. The lollipops are unwrapped, and they have white paper sticks.
  • hard
  • greasy
  • fluffy

Look at the picture.

There are three red lollipops. The lollipops are unwrapped, and they have white paper sticks.

The word hard describes how these lollies feel to the touch.

Greasy and fluffy can also describe how something feels to the touch. But they do not describe these lollies.

🎯 Look at the picture.

A young girl is holding a piece of lemon. Her tongue is sticking out. She is scrunching up her lips and nose, and her eyes are closed tight.
  • nutty
  • sweet
  • sour

Look at the picture.

A young girl is holding a piece of lemon. Her tongue is sticking out. She is scrunching up her lips and nose, and her eyes are closed tight.

The word sour describes how this lemon tastes. You can tell by looking at the girl’s face.

Nutty and sweet can also describe how something tastes. But they do not describe this lemon.

🎯 Look at the picture.

A person in a white shirt is holding a small metal bell out in the air.
  • ringing
  • growling
  • popping

Look at the picture.

A person in a white shirt is holding a small metal bell out in the air.

The word ringing describes the sound this bell makes.

Growling and popping can also describe sounds. But they do not describe the sounds this bell makes.

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