As readers, we rely on writers’ words to paint vivid pictures in our minds. Revered writers tap into the five senses to transfer images from their imaginations to those of their readers. As writers, it is our responsibility to use sensory details to make the invisible VISIBLE, to allow silent pages to SOUND, to enable fingers to FEELÂ something other than flat pages, to cause our TASTEbuds to tingle, and to stimulate the sense of SCENT.
Today, we took time to examine excerpts from mentor texts, looking for sensory words and phrases. As we continue our study, we will seek to examine our own work, identify descriptions that could be revised, and transform the plain into the picturesque.
