You're walking on a lake covered with ice. The ice expands beneath your feet sending great booms echoing through the chilled air. The snow sticks to your tongue spreading a metallic taste throughout your mouth. A light whiff of pine from the nearby trees reaches your nose. You've almost reached the opposite shore. Tendrils of smoke, spiraling from a little cabin twist up into the tree tops. The sun warms your numb face and makes the floating snow flakes sparkle.
Reading that paragraph, you travelled to the winter's day that I pictured in my mind. This was because of the sensory details that I included. For this activity, picture a scene in your mind. Think about every aspect of this scene in terms of the five senses. Then, write a paragraph, just like mine, that takes readers to the place you picture in your mind. Remember, the writer's goal is to select words that create a picture in the reader's mind most like the one that they see.
Reading that paragraph, you travelled to the winter's day that I pictured in my mind. This was because of the sensory details that I included. For this activity, picture a scene in your mind. Think about every aspect of this scene in terms of the five senses. Then, write a paragraph, just like mine, that takes readers to the place you picture in your mind. Remember, the writer's goal is to select words that create a picture in the reader's mind most like the one that they see.
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