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Quick conversation
• Share your work with a partner. Take turns discussing with your partner the effectiveness of Soto’s use of sensory language to support the theme of young love. Record notes from your discussion.
I think the sensory word(s) is /are effective because .
I think the sensory language is effective because .
I agree/disagree with that useof sensory language because .
Write a Short Expository Text
After identifying effective examples of sensory language from “Oranges”, you have enough information to write a short expository text. Write a short expository text in which you cite examples of sensory language from the poem that are effective in supporting the theme of young love. Before writing, read the model short expository text provided. Notice what information is in each of the four sentences. Try structuring your expository text in the same way.
Would you please repeat that?
ModEl: SHort ExpoSitory tExt
Gary Soto uses sensory language in his poem “Oranges” to support the theme of young love. The line “Light in her eyes, a smile” appeals to the sense of sight. The line “I was making fire in my hands” appeals to the sense of touch. This sensory language reveals the narrator’s loving feelings toward a girl.
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