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Quick conversation
• Share your work with a partner. Take turns describing the examples of sensory language that you found in the text. Listen to your partner to see if they found similar examples and whether your partner agrees with your analysis of which sense the language appeals to. Record notes from your conversation.
aCTiViTY 1.6
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One example of sensory language that I found is .
Do you agree with my analysis of the sensory language?
This example appeals to the reader’s sense of .
Write a short Argument
After identifying and analyzing the sensory language in Tangerine, you have enough information to write a short argument. Choose one example of sensory language from your chart. Write a short argument in which you explain the meaning of
the sensory language, state your opinion about how effective the language is at describing the action of the scene, and why. Before writing, read the model short argument provided. Notice what information is in each of the four sentences. Try structuring your argument in the same way.
I agree/disagree with your analysis because .
ModEl: SHoRT ARguMENT
The word “whooshing” is an example of sensory language the author uses in Tangerine. This word helps the reader understand the sound that the author heard as the sinkhole began to form. The word “whooshing” is effective at describing the action of the scene because it helps the reader imagine how it would feel to experience the events in the story. When you say the word “whooshing” out loud, you can hear the sound that the word describes.
Unit 3 • Choices and Consequences • Part 1: Tangerine 103
Language
Resources
Language for Justifying Opinions
These phrases will be helpful when you speak and write to justify your opinion.
• The language is effective
• because...
The language is not effective
• because...
This word is especially effective...
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