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analyzing Narratives
Literary Terms
Sensory language refers to words that appeal to the five
senses. Writers use sensory language to help readers create mental images of the characters and story details.
Type of Descriptive Language
Example of Descriptive Language
Analyze the Effect
Evaluate How Effective It Is
Grammar USaGe
Vivid Verbs
A verb is the part of speech that expresses existence, action, or occurrence. Vivid verbs provide every specific description of an action. For example.
Not vivid: The dog barked and ran after the cat.
Vivid: The dog growled and sprang after the cat.
Working from the Text
Language & Writer’s Craft: Vivid Verbs
A verb is the part of speech that expresses existence, action, or occurrence.
Example: They walked to school.
Vivid verbs describe an action in ways that help the reader create a mental image of the action. How does the action from the sentence above change in your mind when you replace the verb walked with one of these verbs?
scrambled, skipped, marched, strode, sauntered
6. Reread paragraphs 4 and 5, and underline the vivid verbs. Choose two and explain how the vivid verbs you chose create mental images of the action. If you change the verbs, how do the images change?
7. In addition to figurative language and vivid verbs, writers use sensory details to enhance their writing. Review the Literary Terms box for sensory language, and then read the paragraph below.
June and her friends were playing baseball in her yard. Billy was up at the plate. When June pitched the ball, Billy hit the ball high into the air. June watched the ball fly into her attic window. The glass shattered. June and Billy looked at each other and ran out of the yard.
In your Reader/Writer Notebook, revise the story to include sensory details that appeal to any of the five senses.
8. Skim through “The Jacket,” looking for examples of descriptive language. Write four examples in the table. Then analyze each example to understand the effect the author is trying to create. Finally, evaluate the example for its effectiveness.
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