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Descriptive Writing



Find an example of descriptive writing from the story, __Sees Behind Trees.__ Then, fill in the chart below next to your student number. Bold any phrases from the example that are particularly descriptive. List which of the five senses (sight, smell, taste, hearing, or feeling) that the author uses in order to make the reader understand the characters or story. Number ||= Page Number || Example from Text || Boring Way to Say the Same Thing || Senses Used || '
 * Student
 * = Example: ||= 50 ||< "**A rumbling noise came from my stomach** and my mother smiled her I've-got-an-idea smile." || I was hungry. || feeling, hearing ||
 * = 1 ||=  ||< Just behind me and farther beyond that the rush of a rive.river.The buzz of a beehive on a tree not far over my to my right. the beat of a humming birds wings. || I heard noise || hearing ||
 * = 2 ||= 55 ||< "some were gathering hollow green and yellow gourds in huge piles **that made a popping sound when they knocked together"** || the gourds were loud || hearing ||
 * = 3 ||= 56 ||< `" It's amazing" he laughed, and admired the design of the new feathers. || "It's amazing." || seeing ||
 * = 4 ||= 54 ||< "the hush of the brook just behind me" || I hear the brook. || Hearing ||
 * = 5 ||= 54 ||< The buzz of the beehive on a tree not far to my right. || a beehive || hearing ||
 * = 6 ||= 61 ||< I thought so hard that my head felt tight between my ears. || I was thinking. || thinking ||
 * = 7 ||= 50 ||< I could sence something coming toward me, smell the familar smell pemmican scent of berries mixed with dry meat,reconized the tread of moccasins I had heard before. || I can hear moccasins. ||  ||
 * = 8 ||= 53 ||< I could still see my own hands balled into fists. || trying to think || feeling ||
 * = 9 ||= 52 ||< Now! I quickly pointed my arrow high above the place where her voice came from and released it. || Its Amazing || Hearing ||
 * = 10 ||= 50 ||< I could scence something coming toward me ,smell the familliar pemmican scent of berries mixed with dry meat ,reconize the tread of moccasins I had heard thousand times before. || I could smell pemmican berries. || smelling,hearing ||
 * = 11 ||= 52 ||< I quickly pointed my arrow high above the place were her voice came from, and released it. Better she called. the sun must of confused me. || he pointed the arrow in the sky. || hearing,smelling ||
 * = 12 ||= 51 ||< I could almost taste it on my tongue,feel its crunch as I bit down,smell the sweet fullness it would bring. || I was hungry. || taste and smell ||
 * = 13 ||= 17 ||< "The boy brushed his hands across his wet cheeks." || He cried and wiped his eyes. || feeling ||
 * = 14 ||= 52 ||< I could find strawberries, even clusters of violets, by closing my eyes and following the directions of my nose. || i can smell things really good. || smell ||
 * = 15 ||= 54 ||< roses near where my mother who, I could tell, had just oiled her hair this morning~sat, || flowers are by my mom and that she oiled her hair. || smeling ||
 * = 16 ||= 54 ||< The beat of a hummingbird's wings. || I heard ahummingbird. || hearing ||
 * = 17 ||= 51 ||< I could almost taste it on my tongue, feel it's crunch as I bit down, smell the sweet fullness it would bring. || I was hungery. || tasting,and smelling ||
 * = 18 ||= 50 ||< "I could sense something,coming toward me, smell the familiar pemmican scent of berries mixed with dried meat, recognize the tread of moccasins I had heard a thousand times before" || I smelled the pemmican berries. || smelling ||
 * = 19 ||=  ||<   ||   ||   ||
 * = 20 ||= 51 ||< I could almost taste it on my tonge feel its crunch as i bit down smell the sweet fullness it would bring. || I could taste it. || tasteand smell ||
 * = 21 ||= 56 ||< "I could hear them stumbling up with their arms full dropping the load with the rolling crash and the even tap tap tap of setting the logs straight." || i could hear the logs. || hearing ||
 * = 22 ||=  ||<   ||   ||   ||